Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Calli - Jun 10, 2005 11:28:28 am PDT #1161 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

We have something called "Simon" in my area that sounds a lot like Jack.

They have a wider playlist than a lot of other pop stations around here, and no dj chatter to speak of so I listen to them fairly often. If I want to get totally away from the corporate clone radio stuff, there are a couple of college stations I can pick up. It balances out.


msbelle - Jun 10, 2005 11:29:03 am PDT #1162 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Ah crap. Jack 102.7 was my new favorite radio station this week. Until I found out it's a franchise and all contrived.

did you like the format? cause if so, why care that is a franchise?

filling my iPod is gonna result in me culling my CDs. ALready come across some I can't rmember any songs from.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:30:49 am PDT #1163 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Another math post: play through.

Oh, for the love of...

It's okay, everyone, I got it. I feel unbelievably stupid, but I did get it.


msbelle - Jun 10, 2005 11:32:48 am PDT #1164 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

YAY for getting it!! WOO HOO!

you should not apologize or feel you have to.


tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:42:53 am PDT #1165 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

(If you live in London.)

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Joggers are today being warned about violent crows in London parks after an attack left a man bloodied and needing hospital treatment.

Justin Keay was swooped on by two crows in what experts have called a severe case of "mobbing" - where two or more birds gang up on an assumed predator to keep them away from their young.

Now other runners are being told to stay well away from fledgling crows to avoid further attacks.

Mr Keay today told how he was running his usual route through Battersea Park when the birds swooped on him. The crows clawed his head with their talons and pecked at him furiously.

With blood gushing from his head, he had to fight for several minutes before they would stop attack - reminiscent of the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds.


tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:44:54 am PDT #1166 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

OK, they must be making this up:

Taking a ride on the sheep urine express

A British bus company believes it may have a secret weapon to cut pollution emissions -- sheep urine in the engine.

The Stagecoach company has fitted a bus in Winchester with a tank of sheep urine. The waste is sprayed into exhaust fumes to reduce emissions of harmful nitrous oxides, The Guardian reported Friday.


-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:47:39 am PDT #1167 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OKay, we came up with x=1/(1+sqrt(2)=sqrt(2)-1.

Trying A) x = [-2 +/- sqrt (4-4*1*-1)]/2 = -1 +/- sqrt(8)/2 = -1 + sqrt(2), so A works.

Not a pretty question.


Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 11:50:46 am PDT #1168 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I am enchanted by the math, but I do not know from whence it came.


msbelle - Jun 10, 2005 11:56:31 am PDT #1169 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

so, I am at work, not doing work and no one else is really here and so it is quiet and peaceful and whatnot. That is nice. Natter is put put putting, though, yes? are people working? or not at work? or too bored to post?


-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:57:50 am PDT #1170 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm at work, not working, but was all caught up in doing math. And now I'm going home.