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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Yeah, exactly, so someone please explain why HLJ and glatt are so very happy about it.
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We have to go back, Kate!
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I suspect he's happy that it was discovered before it did any harm.
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Well, I mean...yeah...but it just seemed a bit odd. Maybe my sense of irony is off today.
![]() And, uh...harm THAT WE KNOW OF. I mean, HLJ did come back to the Cellar and all. We don't know what other kinds of long-term damage he may have sustained.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I was just trying to be supportive.
![]() We've got a CO detector that has a numerical readout in addition to the alarm. Pretty cool. I've never seen it get off of zero. A regular maintenance call turned up a backdraft problem with our furnace a few years back, and we corrected it, but got the CO detector anyway. |
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#5315 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Ours saved our lives when I was still married. We had a finished basement, big TV down there, and usually had electric heat but we were using a kerosene heater. The detector went off, we left the house and aired it out.
We could have died right there, watching TV.
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#5316 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
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CO
For the last two years I've been working from home. Sometimes when my wife is traveling I don't leave the house, or even open the door, for days at a time.
During that time I've been having headaches. I gave up sugar for a week; I gave up caffeine for a week; I gave up alcohol for a week - (not all the same week). I ripped up all the carpets and had hardwood floors put in (thinking it could be allergies). Now I'm hoping that this is it. We have a CO detector, but it's in the ceiling, upstairs. I need to get another one for the basement. Oh, and I can't say for sure that it didn't do any brain damage. I've been having trouble calculating square roots in my head. |
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#5317 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Well, join me over here, me with my tumah.
Last week I was talking to a student and I couldn't subtract 9 from 20. I just went completely blank. But I have a CO detector. Wow, glad you're OK, man. Now, I want to work from home too. Any ideas?
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#5318 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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No, sorry. I'm starting a new job Monday. I think they're going to want me to come to the office. No more work-from-home for me, either.
I find adding easier than subtracting; to subtract 9 from 20, just add one and subtract 10. |
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#5319 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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There are some consulting firms I could look into, but I don't know if I'm disciplined enough. Some days it's just so tempting.
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#5320 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Or you could just get a calculator.
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#5321 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Dude, I don't want to work from home because I couldn't REMEMBER 9 from 20. I want to work from home so I don't have to drive through the rat maze to come to the rat race, so I can work in my pajamas, so I can burp whenever I want, so I don't have to look at humans right in their faces.
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#5322 |
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Now I see. I thought you wanted to hire a consulting firm to calculate 20-9.
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#5323 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Oh. They have those?
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#5324 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
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And thanks glatt for being supportive.
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#5325 |
polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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A friend has been in touch.
Probably the smartest, coollest and best-looking (well, you can't help noticing) person I've ever been lucky enough to call a friend. IRL I mean. Although I guess I know Dana IRL too... Okay, I'll stop before I dig myself in too deep. This woman has a golden aura, she's just a wonderful person. And she married a lovely man too. And she still made time for me. I feel like Jade Goody (pre-martyrdom) to her Kate Moss. And lit up like a neon rainbow that she got in contact. E - if you're reading this I promise to pay for the dry cleaning if you honk up. |
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