Wow, pie flashback.
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Dana - Jun 08, 2017 11:56:02 am PDT #12450 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Steph L. - Jun 08, 2017 11:58:00 am PDT #12451 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
When come back, bring pie chart.
Jessica - Jun 08, 2017 11:58:30 am PDT #12452 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I hope it's this pie chart.
Steph L. - Jun 08, 2017 12:04:41 pm PDT #12453 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I might fight the senior editors to get that one left in.
Steph L. - Jun 08, 2017 12:25:05 pm PDT #12454 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Bahahahaha, the author emailed me and said "I have written to the editor-in-chief to request a waiver of a misguided rule. I know that you were only following orders, but omitting this figure hinders research."
Again, this is a PIE CHART. I mean, complex figures do exist (and we hatessss them, yes we do), and I could understand her outrage if we axed a really complex figure. But this figure is the equivalent of "Dogs: 43%; Cats: 43%; Lizards: 10%; Mothras: 3%; That Thing From The Neverending Story: 1%." WHAT THE SHIT LADY.
This is not a good day to fuck with me.
Jessica - Jun 08, 2017 12:25:48 pm PDT #12455 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Dogs: 43%; Cats: 43%; Lizards: 10%; Mothras: 3%; That Thing From The Neverending Story: 1%."
...can I read this study, though?
Dana - Jun 08, 2017 12:44:46 pm PDT #12456 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I know that you were only following orders, but omitting this figure hinders research.
Why do you hate scientific progress, Steph? I mean, obviously a peon such as you can only follow orders without any kind of independent thought, but that pie chart could save the world. YOU DON'T KNOW.
Connie Neil - Jun 08, 2017 12:49:28 pm PDT #12457 of 30002
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...can I read this study, though?
I am very interested in the research methodology.
Connie Neil - Jun 08, 2017 12:56:01 pm PDT #12458 of 30002
brillig
ION of "see Connie waste her work day planning vacations" nature: I decided to see what I could do with my trusty standby Vegas and what was indulgent and something I'm likely to be interested in. I don't drink (never got into the habit, watching stupid people in college did not impress me, and most of it tastes horrible and with too many carbs) so swilling cocktails in a limo sounds boring. But Grand Canyon bus tours, now . . . Nearly 50 years since I've seen it, the high desert is gorgeous, and I have a craving for petrified wood.
And to be honest, I like being coddled. Walk into a hotel and have my whims catered to. Yes, I am so far still a tourist, not a traveler.
Sheryl - Jun 08, 2017 1:18:49 pm PDT #12459 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry about your friend, Suzi.
Tomorrow we drive to the land of little internet and probably no childproofing, aka my parents' house in CT.(Its been a few years since my youngest niebling was a toddler, and I don't know how often my brother and his family visited then)
At least we get to go to the Mystic Sea Songs festival for a day, in between various "Showing off Mr. S to my parents' friends" activities.