#editorial | Logs for 2019-12-28
« return
[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.
[22:17:41] -!- systemd has quit [Ping timeout: 244 seconds]
[22:14:42] -!- chromas has quit [Quit: NORM]
[04:37:23] <Fnord666> good night!
[04:36:53] <Bytram> good night!
[04:36:46] <Bytram> Okay, this time for sure!
[04:36:39] <Bytram> (Should have been the home screen on the iPad!)
[04:36:15] <Bytram> Don't Panic!
[04:35:58] <Fnord666> Don't forget your towel
[04:35:40] <Fnord666> indeed
[04:35:19] <Bender> karma - douglasadams: 1
[04:35:19] <Bytram> DouglasAdams++
[04:35:08] <Fnord666> and so long...
[04:35:02] <Fnord666> Have a good night and pleasant dreams.
[04:34:50] <Bytram> Thanks again for all the fish (umm, stories!)
[04:34:38] <Fnord666> Ditto!
[04:34:29] <Bytram> nice chatting with you, as always!
[04:34:20] <Bytram> well, I think it's about time for me to call it a night and get my body to bed.
[04:34:02] <Fnord666> true
[04:33:11] <Bytram> That's better than a short ass, I guess? ;)
[04:32:02] <Fnord666> Funny how sometimes that seems like yesterday, but in reality it was a long ass time ago.
[04:29:11] <Bytram> good for you!
[04:28:50] <Fnord666> and it did pay well for college, so there's that
[04:28:26] <Bytram> yeah, if I were to have enlisted, I seriously doubt they'd put me on the front line.
[04:27:19] <Fnord666> It's not for everyone but honestly there were a wide range of jobs
[04:24:24] <Bytram> not something that I think I could have dealt with -- I'm far too empathetic
[04:23:58] <Fnord666> It was something I felt that I needed to do at the time
[04:23:20] <Fnord666> You're welcome. Happy to do it.
[04:22:44] <Bytram> Thank you for your service.
[04:22:32] <Bytram> got it.
[04:22:03] <Fnord666> I spent four years in the Army but that was the only active deployment that occurred during the 80s
[04:20:33] <Bytram> nod nod
[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
[04:18:15] <Bytram> so... you joined them - after the fact?
[04:17:47] <Fnord666> They were the ones that jumped into the airport
[04:17:46] * Bytram had no idea
[04:17:28] <Fnord666> I was assigned to the 2/75 Ranger Battalion just six months after that operation.
[04:16:17] <Bytram> just another in a sad, long history of the USA
[04:15:28] <Fnord666> Funny how few people even know about that one
[04:14:30] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - United States invasion of Grenada - Wikipedia
[04:14:29] <Bytram> =g wikipedia grenada bush
[04:14:17] <Bytram> does not have to be that big...
[04:12:47] <Fnord666> Nothing like a good world war to boost the economy
[04:11:35] <Bytram> Seems to have been ~1929 to ~1939
[04:11:23] <Fnord666> It was although I don't recall the character being particularly related to the topic
[04:09:47] <systemd> https://en.wikipedia.org - Great Depression - Wikipedia
[04:09:46] <Bytram> =g great depression years wikipedia
[04:09:34] <systemd> https://www.history.com - Great Depression History - HISTORY
[04:09:33] <Bytram> =g great depression years
[04:09:20] <Bytram> wasn't that around the great depression?
[04:09:02] <Fnord666> yes!
[04:08:56] <Fnord666> In 1932, this then became the famous, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."[
[04:08:52] <Bytram> oh, wait... a hamburger now, that he promised to pay for next tuesday?
[04:08:13] <systemd> ^ 03J. Wellington Wimpy - Wikipedia
[04:08:12] <Fnord666> https://en.wikipedia.org
[04:08:10] <Bytram> Ahhh, tickles a memory... kinda sorta
[04:07:39] <Fnord666> Popeye and Whimpy?
[04:07:19] * Bytram no get it
[04:07:00] <Fnord666> which he kindly paid them for on Tuesday
[04:06:37] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "Waiting for Betelgeuse: What's Up With the Tempestuous Star?" (16 paragraphs) -> https://soylentnews.org
[04:06:24] <Bytram> *groan*
[04:06:16] <systemd> Submitting "Waiting for Betelgeuse: what's up with the tempestuous star?"...
[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/
[04:06:07] <Fnord666> old McDonald had a farm until he sold it and bought a hamburger franchise...
[04:05:36] <Bytram> just a sec
[04:05:25] <Bytram> well done, I must say!
[04:05:12] <Bytram> was his name-o?
[04:05:10] <Fnord666> channelling my inner cmn tonight.
[04:04:47] <Fnord666> and Bingo
[04:04:45] <Bytram> put them on a barbeque?
[04:04:32] <Bytram> ah
[04:04:28] <Bytram> sear?
[04:04:25] <Fnord666> s/sear/swear/
[04:04:19] <Fnord666> You know how to get 59 old ladies to sear? Get the 60th one to holler "Boingo!"
[04:04:07] <Bytram> Cheese Gromit! That's it! The moon is made of cheeeeeese!
[04:03:37] <Bytram> bingo!
[04:03:27] <Fnord666> I'm just crackers about ... Cheese!
[04:03:03] <Bytram> maybe it's something that Wallace could take a stab at automating (of Wallace and Gromit fame)
[04:02:37] <Bytram> good point
[04:02:18] <Fnord666> and it takes over an hour to put in contacts
[04:02:14] <Bytram> touche'
[04:02:10] <Bytram> LOL!
[04:01:58] <Fnord666> problem is glasses get expensive at that point
[04:01:41] <Bytram> maybe more, starting to lose count!
[04:01:26] <Fnord666> lol
[04:01:20] <Bytram> from what I've seen, you must have something like 23 eyes!
[04:01:11] <Fnord666> whe ntime permits anyway.
[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
[03:59:52] <Fnord666> np
[03:58:41] <Bytram> Can't thank you enough for all the stories you've pushed out the last few weeks (and days!)
[03:58:18] <Bytram> oh, always have time for you!
[03:57:30] <Fnord666> Have a good night and, as always, pleasant dreams
[03:57:02] <Fnord666> I won't keep you then.
[03:55:29] <Bytram> I need to be back at work in 10 hours.
[03:55:24] <Fnord666> early day tomorrow?
[03:55:15] <Bytram> Yep, not tonight, indeed.
[03:55:10] <Bytram> Not tonight, though, oh my! Just noticed the time!
[03:54:40] <Bytram> yuppers!
[03:54:07] <Fnord666> now that's a good night's sleep
[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.
[03:53:31] <Fnord666> yup
[03:52:07] <Bender> karma - sleep: 18
[03:52:07] <Bytram> sleep++
[03:51:47] <Fnord666> Doing ok. Had the day off so I got to sleep in a bit
[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?
[03:50:26] <Fnord666> How are you this Friday eve?
[03:50:04] <Bytram> evening Fnord666
[03:48:32] <Fnord666> Evening Bytram
[03:22:27] <systemd> ^ 03Famed supergiant star Betelgeuse will explode some day, and it's acting weird right now ( https://www.cnet.com )
[03:22:26] <Bytram> whereto? http://feedproxy.google.com
[03:12:46] <Bender> karma - janrinok: 79
[03:12:46] <Bytram> janrinok++
[03:12:38] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 127
[03:12:38] <Bytram> Fnord666++
[03:12:36] <Bender> karma - fnord666: 126
[03:12:36] <Bytram> Fnord666++
[03:12:32] <Bytram> Consider this accomplishment a rare one, indeed!
[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!
[03:11:28] <Bytram> In all my time on this site, I've seen one editor cover an entire day only something like 6-8 times, tops.
[03:08:57] <Bytram> ~eds I hereby designate Saturday, 2019-12-28 as an official "Day of janrinok"
[03:08:35] <Bytram> ~eds I hereby designate Friday, 2019-12-27 as an official "Day of Fnord666"
[03:08:23] <Bytram> ~eds I hereby designate Thursday, 2019-12-26 as an official "Day of Fnord666"
[02:02:33] <Fnord666> thank you