any six-digit number with the pattern abcabc is divisible by 13

Be sure and tell beest and the student, might come in handy saving time. ;)

Interesting.

So that's what 'Netflix and Chill' means. I thought it actually meant ...chill out in front of the tv.

It doesn't?? :eek:

Apparently it's millenial speak for 'wanna come over and get funky on the sofa?'

Damn whippersnappers, ruining the king's English, they are, no respect for tradition that's been good enough for weeks :crone:

It's just the modern version of "going to the drive-in." Yeah, you're watching the movie, but everyone knows you really wanna just make out.

Apparently there are now Netflix and Chill condoms.

Not today, but, yesterday, I learned that the actress Lillian Gish lived to 100, never married, had no children, and left her entire estate, worth several million bucks, to actress Helen Hayes, who died 18 days later.

You cannot fill the coffee maker with water twice.:litebulb:

Lillian Gish is Scots slang for having a pee as in" I'm just away for a Lillian Gish "(pish)

:D

be-bop, that whole rhyming slang thing is lost on me. Things that rhyme often have completely different meanings, so how in hell do you guys figure out what the other is saying, until the term becomes common usage? :confused:

Some of the rhyming slang is topical and some lost in the mists of time :D
Here's some other well used phrases
I haven't gat a Scooby, shortened from I haven't got a Scooby Do, meaning clue.
I'm Hank Marvin. (Shadows guitar player) meaning I'm starving.
You're having a Giraffe mate. meaning you're having a laugh..
The problem understanding is when the phrases get shortened, if you didn't know the original phrase it can be baffling

We septic tanks just don't have a clue.

This helped me understand what is going on with Cockney rhyming slang...

We used have a convenience store near our interstate exit called Starvin' Marvin's.

There was also a character on South Park, an Ethiopian child, named Starvin' Marvin.

i give up. translate it?

Septic tank = Yank

http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/septic_tank

I didn't even do it right, it should have been "We septics just don't have a clue." The advanced form just suggests the rhyme so you really have to know what's going on.

Also, this is one way the Brits are better than us (and I do believe that they are), they can subtly insult you and you didn't even know it happened.

ah, I had Yank... i couldnt rhyme anything with septic

I read once that the original cockney rhyming slang terms also created a visual link to the item.

e.g.

Apples & Pears: Stairs -the barrow boys used to stack up the oranges and apples (much like they do in produce sections and "fancy" stores today) and they looked like stairs

Dog&Bone = phone -the old free-standing dial phones with the recever in a cradle on the top looked like a dog ?????....

...... There wasn't any TV to watch in those days ;)

Obfuscation is better? I don't think so, more advanced civilizations would strive for clearer communication. How else would the empire's minions know their duties. No wonder the Hessians failed. :p:

If you want to put down the yanks to your countrymen without the yanks knowing,... I'm telling ya, those people are better at their language than we are. Be careful around them.

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Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in water - AT ALL.
This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address.

You just have to heat it a tiny bit, it'll dissolve right away.

Maybe you should boil it classic? That will kill bacteria too.

Today I learned I'm an online jackass.

I also learned that the current value of the dollar is even worse than I thought.

We're all idiots online, at least some of the time. Haha

Nay nay, not me. I'm an asshole, dickhead, bastard, etc, etc, online. I save idiot for real life. :p:

Haha...I'd like to see that.

The Hank Marvin one was used recently in an advert for some food or other.


*checks youtube*





From Lamp's wiki link:

I think that is possibly my favourite example.

I also think the use of scooby, for clue is a great example that shows how dynamic this form of slang is - it isn't all from the days of cockney barrow boys, this stuff just sticks.

Over the weekend I learned that Lil' Griff's roommate thinks we're hippies. At least we're not dirty hippies...

Hahahahahaha. Get a fucking haircut, hippy!

Ha! I can see that. I mean, you live on a commune and do your own stuff.

One.. uh, two of the hippies who matured without selling out, rare as hen's teeth. :notworthy

Today I learned that a cobbler does not build new shoes. A cobbler repairs old shoes, and/or builds shoes out of old leather. The person who makes new shoes out of new leather is called a cordwainer.

Oh so that's what a cordwainer does. I see it listed sometimes as an occupation in enlistment records and for some reason have never googled it. I knew it involved working with leather - because of references in trials to thefts of leather from cordwainers - but didn't know it was a shoemaker (mostly I think they just referred to them as shoemakers in the court records, because I've only seen cordwainer a handful of times).

I knew a cobbler only repaired shoes, but I've never heard of a cordwainer. thanks. (now coming to a scrabble game near you... one day.)

Are archaic words allowed in Scrabble?

Yea, yea and verily!

Totally screwed that up - lol See how upset I am. - Take two:

Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in ALCOHOL - AT ALL.
This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address.



I have been making limoncello from an old recipe for some time now. I am trying to make it clearer (less opague is that correct?)
Now what do I do? Methinks I will further decrease the sugar.
What do you all think - Does it being cloudy alter your opinion of it at all?
I've actually inquired with a local distillery and ... who knows.
I'd love to get some feedback

Were you doubting that at some point?

hmmm... Now you're making me wonder.

Classic, any limoncello I have ever had has been cloudy. I don't think people care do they? It's about the flavour.

See, that's my point. Most of them are sickeningly sweet and cloudy like there's cream in it or something. I made a batch a couple weeks ago and it came out clear. I'm not really sure why. I THINK I did everything the same... Now I want to replicate that as it was clearly my best batch!

Not true, you can fill the coffee maker with water twice, thrice, and more, but the pot will only hold the first one. :facepalm:

Well I don't know much about it, but my friends make it by mixing sugar, vodka and lemons. It's a bit cloudy, but not too much really. Clearer than most store bought I've seen.

The word you're looking for is limpid.

What about liquifying the sugar before you mix? If you heat sugar, as if you're making toffee, and bring it to the boil but stop the heat before it starts to change colour, then let it cool, that might work. You only need a tiny bit of water to get it started.

translucent ;)

Correct - sort of.
That would allow me to dissolve MORE sugar in the same amount of water. However that won't change its solubility in the grain alcohol (190 proof, 95%) Also, when I cool the limoncello this will make it MORE cloudy, not less.

Use Sweet and Low.

I learned the WW II Underwater Demolition Teams (Frogmen), wore, "trunks with an inflatable belt, canvas shoes and a mask, he said. No neoprene or oxygen tanks for these underwater soldiers of the Pacific. Even the fins didn’t come until later"
No fins. :eek:

Now there is an interesting alternative ... Damn you Bruce, that would mean starting all over with the recipe.

Then you end up with twice as much. Is that bad?

I think Splenda would taste better.

Hmm ... I am still mulling that over.
I would NOT end up with twice as much, I'd just have less sugar in it. I'm not altering the quantity of the liquids.

You have a batch you're not happy with, so you start over with a different method and end up with another batch. Now you have two batches, twice as much.

Everyone knows James Bond drinks Vodka Martinis, shaken not stirred.
Today I learned, In, "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service",(11th book), Bond drinks: Pouilly-Fuissé white wine, Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 claret, calvados, Krug champagne, 3 bourbon & waters, 4 vodka & tonics, 2 double brandy & ginger ales, 2 whisky & sodas, 3 double vodka martinis, 2double bourbons on the rocks, at least 1 neat whisky, a flask of Enzian schnapps, Marsala wine, the better part of a bottle of fiery Algerian wine, 2 more Scotch whiskies, half a pint of I.W. Harper bourbon, a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whisky & water, on the rocks, a bottle of Riquewihr wine, 4 steins of Franziskaner beer, and a double Steinhäger gin.

In the whole book series, Bond drinks 19 Vodka Martinis, but 37 bourbons, 21 Scotches and 35 sakes.

Yeah, that phrase has been around for a while, now.

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Do try to keep up.

:p:

That's interesting.

XOB - You need to come by and give the latest batch a test drive.
Its pretty damn good, if I do say so myself.