Gromnir Posted September 24, 2017 Posted September 24, 2017 I went fishing earlier, and despite multiple bites on both poles simultaneously, I couldn't land jack. That's ok though. As a wise man once wrote the point of going fishing is not actually to catch fish. weren't a wise man. were our a-hole father dropping that pithy bit o' fluff After a fishless day... after waking at 4:30 am... after trekking a mile-and-a-half through calf-deep snow and 'cross a frozen reservoir simple to get to the "perfect" spot... after +4 hours o' sitting on a plastic five-gallon bucket, in near utter silence (our father were a taciturn man) as we watched our snot freeze and our tip-ups not tip-up once... after somehow making it back to our jeep carrying a marine's worth o' gear through a literal blizzard. experience gave lie to the wisdom. if we hadn't been so exhausted when dad dropped his fishless insight 'pon us, we woulda' been tempted to club him like a kanadian going after a baby fur seal. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Guard Dog Posted September 24, 2017 Posted September 24, 2017 Actully I was referring to Thoreau. But I'm sure his fishing trips were much more enjoyable. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Blarghagh Posted September 24, 2017 Posted September 24, 2017 I thought the point of fishing was providing sustenance? Or was the saying "teach a man to fish and he'll relax"?
Guard Dog Posted September 24, 2017 Posted September 24, 2017 Well, if I HAVE to catch a fish in order to eat that would change how seriously I took it. And my methods to. Away go the top water lures and out comes the dynamite. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
redneckdevil Posted September 25, 2017 Posted September 25, 2017 Bah, u don't fish to get fish, that's an added bonus. You fish to get away from everyone and everything to sit with some cold ones or some blunts and relax to nature while listening to CCR. 3
ShadySands Posted September 25, 2017 Posted September 25, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. Free games updated 3/4/21
Guard Dog Posted September 25, 2017 Posted September 25, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. You remember how they used to tell you drinking kills brain cells? And that the effects were cumulative? I bet you believe them now! 4 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Malcador Posted September 25, 2017 Posted September 25, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. Video games happened. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted September 25, 2017 Posted September 25, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. My neuroplasticity! It does nothing! Had to perform a bushfix on my PC this weekend. It turns out my NiC died in my desktop, which Ive never seen happen before even once in my life, so I went to Best Buy and purchased a USB wireless adaptor. Surprisingly it recognized my 5GHz WiFi band and Speedtest says I'm purring along at 95MB. I always figured "wired" was faster than "wireless" but so far, so good. http://www.sloganizer.net/en/image,Gfted1,black,red.png
Malcador Posted September 25, 2017 Posted September 25, 2017 Well our Hudson-esque manager broke and resigned. Can't blame the guy, guess I will start looking around as well. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gromnir Posted September 26, 2017 Posted September 26, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. You remember how they used to tell you drinking kills brain cells? And that the effects were cumulative? I bet you believe them now! am pretty sure the brain cell kill off from alcohol has been relegated to myth, but if it makes y'all feel better, am a teetotaler (though we do cook with alcohol) and have noticed an "old dog, new tricks" problem as we age. ... mayhap lemon-lime kool aid is the real killer o' brain cells. given our abuse o' the beverage over the years, we would not be shocked to hear how yellow dye #5 causes early onset dementia. would explain a few things. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
majestic Posted September 26, 2017 Posted September 26, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. You remember how they used to tell you drinking kills brain cells? And that the effects were cumulative? I bet you believe them now! am pretty sure the brain cell kill off from alcohol has been relegated to myth, but if it makes y'all feel better, am a teetotaler (though we do cook with alcohol) and have noticed an "old dog, new tricks" problem as we age. The brain damage is only indirectly caused by alcohol(ism) and it comes from substituting alcohol for proper meals over a longer period of time - essentially malnourishment usually caused by both a lack of appetite from the substance abuse and a lack of money. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
injurai Posted September 26, 2017 Posted September 26, 2017 I think alcohol affects the ability to form new memories more than it kills off brain cells. I can apply knowledge like a mother****er on alcohol, I can't learn **** though.
Labadal Posted September 26, 2017 Posted September 26, 2017 Today was a strange day. Got the contact for my new apartment. Today, I also got a cryptic conversation with my boss. I think I'm going to get laid off sooner, rather than later. Time to look for something new.
Malcador Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Installed Tinder...Did you get matched with Dentyne Ice ? 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Azdeus Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) Just came back from the ER. Had a nosebleed that started around 1900 on the evening and it wouldn't stop at all, sat at the ER from 1am to 4am, at 3am the nurse called me in. Just as the bleeding stopped. -.- Edit: Oh yeay, it started again... Edited September 30, 2017 by Azdeus Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Orogun01 Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. You remember how they used to tell you drinking kills brain cells? And that the effects were cumulative? I bet you believe them now! IDK, I seem to get smarter when I'm drunk. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Guard Dog Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. You remember how they used to tell you drinking kills brain cells? And that the effects were cumulative? I bet you believe them now! IDK, I seem to get smarter when I'm drunk. You'll appreciate this. Back when I taking classes at MDCC in Kendall I had my final exam in Pre-Calculus II on a Tuesday night. I stopped at the Oarhouse bar & restaurant to study a bit before class. Well, it was two for Tuesday night at the Oarhouse and one Icehouse draft led to another, and another... and another. By the time I sat down to take the test I was smashed. I got a 96. There is definitely something to be said for increased performance when you're relaxed. 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Gfted1 Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 Its a beautiful day, blue skies with no clouds, going to be 70something. Ah, I love days like today. Went fishing and didnt catch anything but thats ok. Its getting pretty crowded over by my fishing hole so I think Ill switch to Sundays which seems to have less people. I'm feeling the urge to get my daydrink on and my neighbor is renoing his kitchen so Ill probably go stand around over there and be the tool monkey. But I'm always watching and learning. 2 http://www.sloganizer.net/en/image,Gfted1,black,red.png
Orogun01 Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 Java homework is kicking my butt I used to be smart when I was younger, dunno what happened. You remember how they used to tell you drinking kills brain cells? And that the effects were cumulative? I bet you believe them now! IDK, I seem to get smarter when I'm drunk. You'll appreciate this. Back when I taking classes at MDCC in Kendall I had my final exam in Pre-Calculus II on a Tuesday night. I stopped at the Oarhouse bar & restaurant to study a bit before class. Well, it was two for Tuesday night at the Oarhouse and one Icehouse draft led to another, and another... and another. By the time I sat down to take the test I was smashed. I got a 96. There is definitely something to be said for increased performance when you're relaxed. I seem to recall a study on the extended effects of alcohol on mice brains (wish I could find it again) the conclusion was that there were no decrease in neurons or neural activity but it did affect the connections between them, making recall more difficult. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Raithe Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 I seem to remember even less than I thought I did, which is making this first week and a bit of university feel like slightly more of a over my head. I stacked up some background reading, and a few other things to do over the weekend..then this Saturday kind of knocked that all for a six, so I shall hope tomorrow is more favourably inclined to manage that stuff without distractions. I need to bury myself into some in depth sql, mysql, no sql, json, xml, and a batch of others for the Data Science course, while the Internet of Things unit drops you in the deep end on building sensors, activators, single-chip boards, and doing analysis on it all. I've never looked at raspberry pi or cisco packet tracer before now... Plus, it is somewhat disconcerting to basically be nearly twice the age of all the other students. Makes it a touch difficult to connect with the people who share lectures, and you just can't really flirt with the ladies without it being creepy. 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Azdeus Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 Speaking of memory. My tasks at work really do require me to keep more than 10 things in my head, plus several licence plates, gate numbers, drivers cars and repaired lorries and containers, and whats prioritized. When I began I used up 2 A4's per day to keep tabs on things, couldn't remember more than one or two things at a time, now I'm down to one A4 per week instead. I just kept applying myself and forcing me to remember things and learn them My 22yo coworker still can't remember what his next task is, where things are supposed to go, or most other things that me and the others keep in memory. I'm glad that I've been able to train my memory again, it feels good to know that not all of that grey matter has been used up by... well, something. Also, went to the doctors again, they've plugged up both my nostrils with some foamgelatin. I don't notice any bleeding anymore, but dear god is it annoying to not be able to use your nose. It's even worse than being blocked by a cold, since there is no give at all. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Orogun01 Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 I seem to remember even less than I thought I did, which is making this first week and a bit of university feel like slightly more of a over my head. I stacked up some background reading, and a few other things to do over the weekend..then this Saturday kind of knocked that all for a six, so I shall hope tomorrow is more favourably inclined to manage that stuff without distractions. I need to bury myself into some in depth sql, mysql, no sql, json, xml, and a batch of others for the Data Science course, while the Internet of Things unit drops you in the deep end on building sensors, activators, single-chip boards, and doing analysis on it all. I've never looked at raspberry pi or cisco packet tracer before now... Plus, it is somewhat disconcerting to basically be nearly twice the age of all the other students. Makes it a touch difficult to connect with the people who share lectures, and you just can't really flirt with the ladies without it being creepy. You just need to work on your game, subtly imply that you know about student debt and how to get rid of it. Trust me, I've seen enough you ladies that had older gentlemen "patrons" at my time in college. Still, once you get to the economics of it, hookers are cheaper. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Malcador Posted September 30, 2017 Posted September 30, 2017 Or just focus on school, to hell with the women. NoSQL is more important. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
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