Sweet! Petterino's is easily doable, but Beatrix looks more interesting. What do you think?
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Dec 29, 2014 7:57:22 pm PST #13517 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
meara - Dec 30, 2014 2:03:15 am PST #13518 of 30000
Whew. Line just to drop off bags (for people who had already checked in and paid!) was 45 minutes long....but only for Delta?? Thankfully the security line was short and boarding was delayed on my flight (and flight will be delayed, since they are still boarding and we are supposed to be taking off now). The agent yellng at the line was all "you're supposed to be at the airport two hours early!!" And everyone was like "dude, srsly?? Wtf is up with this line??" I suspect a number of people will miss their flights or the deadline to check the bag in---I think I checked mine about 40 minutes before we were supposed to take off? I think 45 is supposed to be the cutoff, there were folks on a flight a few minutes before mine who panicked and the agents started trying to deal with them (which pissed off the people in line ahead of them who were also on flights soon). Ugh. At least I made it--hoping my bag did!
Theodosia - Dec 30, 2014 3:29:29 am PST #13519 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
OK, I'm bringing out the big gun -- a full dose of Benadryl. Still dripping and miserable here. It's making my eyes run like waterfalls. If it makes me sleepy, so be it, though it will be fun to see if massive doses of caffeine counteract it to any usable degree.
-t - Dec 30, 2014 4:15:04 am PST #13520 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck with that, Theo. My own itchy eyes and stuffy nose are sympathetic.
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2014 4:32:35 am PST #13521 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Ha. Author from yesterday replied and basically said "Are you nuts? We used 'median' for our own work, because we calculated a median. We used 'average' in citing the other study, because that is what they used. Changing it would be incorrect."
Vindication! Not that I expect my boss to acknowledge that.
-t - Dec 30, 2014 4:35:37 am PST #13522 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Righteous, Tep.
Kat - Dec 30, 2014 4:43:26 am PST #13523 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yay, Tep! Standing up for nummeracy.
brenda m - Dec 30, 2014 4:49:07 am PST #13524 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
HA-ha.
SuziQ - Dec 30, 2014 4:54:51 am PST #13525 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
meara - what a stressful morning. I hope your bags made it.
Of course Mrs Teppy was right. Duh.
I do not want to be awake or functioning. Instead I'm trying to gear up to deal with some work stuff before I go back to my new crochet project.
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2014 4:55:26 am PST #13526 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Geez. Her reply was "It's always good to check, and now we have documentation in case Senior Management notes the discrepancy."
THE HELL? I seriously think she doesn't understand that "median" refers to one study and "average" refers to a completely different study. Why is it so weird that 2 unrelated studies might use different statistics?
I'm going to assume she's overworked b/c of the holidays and try to let it go. But that's just weird. She's normally really on top of stuff like this.