How do you solve a problem like Bombelli?
How do you catch a cubic and pin it down?
How do you prove combination by induction?
An ibn al-Banna! A depressed cubic! A clown!
Elliot: I thought I said discreet. Gwen: What, do you see nipple?
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 40: The Nice One
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.
Emily - Nov 03, 2005 7:52:22 am PST #1052 of 10006
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2005 7:54:45 am PST #1053 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My ophthalmologist found the blood clot that my optometrist and doctor missed. I think the difference was the ophthalmologist dilated my eye and used a special hand-held magnifying thingie.
Jesse - Nov 03, 2005 7:56:37 am PST #1054 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In my case, they both recommended the same thing, but for different reasons. And slightly talked smack about each other's specialization.
Betsy HP - Nov 03, 2005 7:57:55 am PST #1055 of 10006
If I only had a brain...
Oh, HELL. I'm already caught in one specialist-fight (psych vs. neuro), thanks very much.
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2005 7:58:55 am PST #1056 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And slightly talked smack about each other's specialization.
Heh. Now I'm imagining an opthalmologist saying, "Optometrists do a pretty good job - when they're not busy killing puppies."
Tom Scola - Nov 03, 2005 7:59:12 am PST #1057 of 10006
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Good luck, Betsy.
I probably missed your postings about it, but how is your vision these days, tommyrot? Is there a lot of permanent damage?
Jesse - Nov 03, 2005 8:00:47 am PST #1058 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nah, not that bad. Just one of them said, "Did the [other one] say you have [whatever it was]? It's not that. They always say that." (The issue was that contacts irritated my eyes. Which I ignored for four years. So the answer was not to wear them, regardless of if I have whatever the thing was.)
Betsy HP - Nov 03, 2005 8:01:04 am PST #1059 of 10006
If I only had a brain...
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2005 8:05:43 am PST #1060 of 10006
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I probably missed your postings about it, but how is your vision these days, tommyrot? Is there a lot of permanent damage?
I haven't mentioned it recently. Coincidentally, I just got back from the ophthalmologist. He sounded a bit more pessimistic - he said that the eye is about the same as it was three weeks ago. He also said that there will be permanent vision loss (before it was "probably") and that "hopefully" it will improve over what it is now. Thanks for asking....
ION, I think I finally learned how to spell 'ophthalmologist,' although I remain suspicious of that first 'h.'
bon bon - Nov 03, 2005 8:07:19 am PST #1061 of 10006
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Definitely there are different benefits of all kinds if some people are part of a union and others aren't. Not sure why else they would do it, but it's not beyond the realm of my imagination.
The union thing is interesting. I'm trying to convince a dense associate that in a class action brought by people who invested in the company's retirement plans, if no one mentions more than one 401k plan, that's because there aren't any more. Her position is that we only have to look for documents about the "[company name]-[company subsidiary] 401k plan" not 401k plans in general. I guess she thinks there's lots of them around and the class action people are only interested in just the one. Uh, no.