Billytea = WRONG. Like a wrong thing that is wrong.
You misspelt 'visionary' there. Repeatedly.
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
billytea - Apr 05, 2012 4:03:36 am PDT #29617 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Jesse - Apr 05, 2012 4:08:09 am PDT #29618 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Keep in mind, billytea is from a culture where they put "beetroot" on burgers. And also call it "beetroot."
Jessica - Apr 05, 2012 4:11:02 am PDT #29619 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Keep in mind, billytea is from a culture where they put "beetroot" on burgers. And also call it "beetroot."
You're right. It's not his fault he's wrong. He was just raised that way.
ION, why does my boss forward me emails asking me to forward them to other people? How is this not a colossal waste of time?
Kat - Apr 05, 2012 4:11:42 am PDT #29620 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But beetroot is a root! And beet greens are extremely nutritious and eaten too (or at least blended). So of course you designate.
One of our tubie friends lives in Queensland. This message is brought to by him.
sumi - Apr 05, 2012 4:15:28 am PDT #29621 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Sigh. I can't have poppyseeds or seseme seeds or you know, seeds or nuts or anything small that might lodge in one of the 150+ holes in my gut. Therefore: can't have my most favorite type of bagel.
billytea - Apr 05, 2012 4:16:52 am PDT #29622 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Keep in mind, billytea is from a culture where they put "beetroot" on burgers. And also call it "beetroot."
Hold up a moment, I just want to savour the experience of an American trying to pick a fight about the relative palatability of national cuisine.
Jesse - Apr 05, 2012 4:29:55 am PDT #29623 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No, no! I am not trying to pick a fight! Just like Jess said, commenting on the cultural differences. It's not your fault!
ION, I have figured out how to reward/reset myself if I can make it through next week: I have a massage scheduled for Saturday, a holiday (Patriot's Day) on Monday, and I'm going to take Tuesday off as well. That should do it!
Steph L. - Apr 05, 2012 4:36:28 am PDT #29624 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Hold up a moment, I just want to savour the experience of an American trying to pick a fight about the relative palatability of national cuisine.
Funyuns and Velveeta FTW!
billytea - Apr 05, 2012 4:37:42 am PDT #29625 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
No, no! I am not trying to pick a fight! Just like Jess said, commenting on the cultural differences. It's not your fault!
It is quite the relief to be absolved of responsibility for beetroot.
tommyrot - Apr 05, 2012 4:42:06 am PDT #29626 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Headline o' the day?
Robotic Squirrels Battle It Out With Rattlesnakes
"Alasdair Wilkins writes that when a squirrel encounters a rattlesnake in the wild, it does something very peculiar to survive its brush with the predator — something is so peculiar that scientists are building robotic squirrels just to try to understand the behavior. A live squirrel does two things when it sees a rattlesnake. It starts moving its tail in a flagging motion and actually heats up the temperature of its tail. Because rattlesnakes can see in the infrared wavelengths, they should be able to see both the tail move and heat up. The question is which of these two signals is important and just what message it's supposed to send to the rattlesnake. To that end, engineers at UC Davis have built robosquirrels, which allow the biologists to simulate the two squirrel behaviors one a time and the research so far suggests it's the heated tail, not the flagging motion, that the snake responds to, making it one of the first known examples of infrared communication between two distinct species. 'Snakes will rarely strike at a flagging adult squirrel — and if they do they almost always miss,' says Rulon Clark, assistant professor of biology at San Diego State University and an expert on snake behavior. 'In some cases, it seems the rattlesnakes just decide it's best to cut their losses after dealing with these confusing critters,' adds Wilkins, 'as sometimes the snakes just leave the area completely after encountering these flagging, tail-heating squirrels.'"