SIDEBAR #59 - Travis Alexander forum

[YESorNO]

Link: https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/...sK97vhaw9VXDHaNCVgdN39yj3800YBIkNJoPD27pIRlZf
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At Many Workplaces, Training For A New Threat: Active Shooters

"A string of attacks on cities, schools and workplaces has prompted many employers to turn to a new area of security for their employees: active-shooter training.

Until about a decade ago, workplace security focused mostly on preventing theft. Now, businesses are trying to give their employees guidelines on how to escape or handle armed intruders.

"Active shooter's been kind of my life since 1999," says James McGinty, vice president of training and development for Covenant Security Services, whose clients include companies looking for guidance on how to deal with active shooters. He is also a former police officer and consultant to the Department of Homeland Security.

"Seventy-five to 80 percent of your businesses are looking to now do some type of armed intruder/active shooter policy procedure and training," McGinty says..."

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/11/466416680/at-many-workplaces-training-for-a-new-threat-active-shooters
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The Nobility of Good Lawyers With Bad Clients

"...if there is one thing law professors tell students, it is this: Under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, every defendant is entitled to “assistance of counsel for his [or her] defense.” In a just society, government should ensure that no person is convicted or imprisoned who has not had a fair trial, with a lawyer equipped and willing to speak for him or her. When asked to be part of that process, lawyers have a calling to step forward if they can help...."

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...lity-of-good-lawyers-with-bad-clients/459645/
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Reducing the US prison population is but a small step

"...after peaking in 2009, the US prison population has started to decline. Yet many reforms focus only on reducing sentences for federal non-violent drug offences; though substantial, this does not affect the 1.3 million in state prisons or people held for violent crimes. Thus, despite the signs of positive change, there is reason to be skeptical that a significant decrease in prison rolls is imminent. And the US still far outstrips other nations in its rates of incarceration.

It is also an outlier in the array of punishments employed to humiliate and demoralise, including imprisoning and executing the mentally disabled, trying children as adults, sentencing non‑violent offenders and minors to life without the possibility of parole, and shackling women giving birth. Up to 80,000 people in the US are in some form of solitary confinement, including minors, the mentally ill, and pregnant women..."

https://aeon.co/opinions/reducing-the-us-prison-population-is-but-a-step-to-humanity
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A Question of Moral Radicalism

"At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama told the story of a group of Americans who were captured by the Nazis during World War II. The head of the German prison camp gave an order that the Jewish soldiers step forward. An American master sergeant, Roddie Edmonds, ordered all of his men to step forward. The Nazi held a gun to the sergeant’s head and said, “These can’t all be Jewish.” The sergeant replied, “We are all Jews.” Rather than execute all of the men, the Nazi backed down....

Larissa MacFarquhar’s recent book, “Strangers Drowning,” is about such people. She writes about radical do-gooders. One of her subjects started a leper colony in India. One couple had two biological children and then adopted 20 more kids who needed a home. A women risked rape to serve as a nurse in war-torn Nicaragua. One couple lived on $12,000 a year so they could donate the additional money they earned annually, about $50,000, to charity.

These people were often driven by moral rage and a need to be of pure service to the world. They tend to despise comfort and require a life that is difficult, ascetic and self-sacrificial. They yearn for the feeling that they are doing their utmost to relieve suffering. One abandoned a marriage to serve the poor....

Should we all be living lives with as much moral heroism as these people? Given the suffering in the world, are we called to drop everything and give it our all? Did you really need that $4 Frappuccino when that money could have gone to the poor?...

Love, by its nature, should be strongest when it is personal and intimate. To make love universal, to give no priority to the near over the far, is to denude love of its texture and warmth. It is really a way of avoiding love because you make yourself invulnerable..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/o...emc=edit_ty_20160205&nl=opinion&nlid=73927810
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[YESorNO]

THE A.I. ANXIETY
Big-name scientists worry that runaway artificial intelligence could
pose a threat to humanity. Beyond the speculation is a simple question:
 Are we fully in control of our technology?

"The world’s spookiest philosopher is Nick Bostrom, a thin, soft-spoken Swede. Of all the people worried about runaway artificial intelligence, and Killer Robots, and the possibility of a technological doomsday, Bostrom conjures the most extreme scenarios. In his mind, human extinction could be just the beginning.

Bostrom’s favorite apocalyptic hypothetical involves a machine that has been programmed to make paper clips (although any mundane product will do). This machine keeps getting smarter and more powerful, but never develops human values. It achieves “superintelligence.” It begins to convert all kinds of ordinary materials into paper clips. Eventually it decides to turn everything on Earth — including the human race (!!!) — into paper clips.

Then it goes interstellar....

People will tell you that even Stephen Hawking is worried about it. And Bill Gates. And that Elon Musk gave $10 million for research on how to keep machine intelligence under control. All that is true...

“Stephen Hawking Says A.I. Could Be Our ‘Worst Mistake In History,’ ” one online science news site reported.

And CNBC declared: “Artificial intelligence could end mankind: Hawking.”

So that got everyone’s attention...

Bostrom goes so far as to say that unless we rule out the possibility that a machine could create a simulation of a human existence, we should assume that it is overwhelmingly likely that we are living in such a simulation.

“I’m not sure that I’m not already in a machine,” he said calmly..."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/12/27/aianxiety/?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003
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How Soon Before Your Job Is Done By A Robot? This Handy Chart Will Tell You

"...McKinsey recently published research looking at the automation potential of 750 jobs, analyzing each across across 18 capabilities. It found that 45% of paid activities could be automated using "currently demonstrated technologies" and that 60% of occupations could have 30% or more of their processes automated. Using that data, these charts show how occupations stack up for automatability and wages, pointing (possibly) to where you might want to look for a future job.

Here's a sampling of the results, starting with the most automatable jobs:...

Have a play with the graphic here. It throws up some interesting numbers. Manicurists and pedicurists, for instance, are 74% automatable—so tip them well, before you're getting your nails done by a robot."

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3054842/...aphic-will-tell-you?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003
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This Robot Can Solve A Rubik's Cube In One Second (video)

"Software engineers Jay Flatland and Paul Rose built this remarkable machine that can solve Rubik's Cubes faster than you can blink (1.047 seconds)."

http://digg.com/video/rubiks-cube-robot?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg
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Why We Must Stop The Killer Robots NOW

"Autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow."

"Killer robots might seem like a plot point from a summer blockbuster, but some of today's leading minds are warning that weapons powered entirely by artificial intelligence (AI) could be here in the very near future.

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, Tesla cofounder Elon Musk, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak and more than 1,000 others have signed a letter warning of the threat posed by autonomous weapons...

Hawking warned last year that the “development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” Musk has also repeatedly railed against the dangers of AI, comparing it to "summoning the demon," and saying the technology is "potentially more dangerous than nukes.".."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...3ee4b0074ba5a60a14?&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003
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Artificial Intelligence: Friendly or Frightening?

http://www.livescience.com/49009-fu..._medium=most-popular&li_campaign=related_test
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5 Reasons To Be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence

"What do you think about when someone says artificial intelligence (AI)? Do you see the cute little Wall-E and his fire-powered consort EVA or an army of mechanized marauders trying to take over the world and turn us into batteries? AI is no longer some alien concept for science fiction shows, but a reality of today’s world. We’re using thinking machines every day, and you may not even know it. With machines learning and programmers creating more powerful machines, some of the most intelligent people in the world are worried … and they should be..."

http://www.cheatsheet.com/gear-styl...id-of-artificial-intelligence.html/?a=viewall
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History of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (Infographic)

http://www.livescience.com/47544-history-of-a-i-artificial-intelligence-infographic.html
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An opinion: We have greater moral obligations to robots than to humans

"The moral status of robots is a frequent theme in science fiction, back at least to Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, and the consensus is clear: if someday we manage to create robots that have mental lives similar to ours, with human-like plans, desires and a sense of self, including the capacity for joy and suffering, then those robots deserve moral consideration similar to that accorded to natural human beings. Philosophers and researchers on artificial intelligence who have written about this issue generally agree...
Frankenstein’s monster says to his creator, Victor Frankenstein:

I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king, if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me. Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam…."

https://aeon.co/opinions/we-have-gr...ail&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-98b1d9a7bc-68895113

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Study: Humans Feel Empathy for Robots Experiencing “Pain”

"In September, a Japanese man was arrested for kicking an emotion-detecting robot named Pepper in a fit of drunken rage. The $1,600 humanoid robot survived the assault but was left with some damaged, slow-moving parts.

If thinking about this situation makes you feel bad for Pepper, you’re not alone. In a study published Tuesday in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from Japan showed the first neurophysiological evidence that humans feel empathy for robots in pain..."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_t...s_humans_feel_empathy_for_robots_in_pain.html
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The Doomsday Invention
Will artificial intelligence bring us utopia or destruction?

"I. OMENS

Last year, a curious nonfiction book became a Times best-seller: a dense meditation on artificial intelligence by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, who holds an appointment at Oxford. Titled “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies,” it argues that true artificial intelligence, if it is realized, might pose a danger that exceeds every previous threat from technology—even nuclear weapons—and that if its development is not managed carefully humanity risks engineering its own extinction. Central to this concern is the prospect of an “intelligence explosion,” a speculative event in which an A.I. gains the ability to improve itself, and in short order exceeds the intellectual potential of the human brain by many orders of magnitude..."

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...igence-nick-bostrom?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003
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Staying Human in a Machine Age (video- 7 min)

"As automation sweeps across the world, we face challenging questions about how we work – and how we play. On the one hand, we are designing ourselves out of ever more jobs, leaving us disengaged. On the other hand, games and countless internet-enabled game-like activities are powerfully addictive. Is designing work to be more like play the answer or is there something fundamental about human abilities that we’re overlooking in how we deploy technology in our lives? In this Aeon interview, the UK writer Tom Chatfield discusses what it means to be our best selves in a time of automation."

https://aeon.co/videos/if-we-are-what-we-do-how-can-we-stay-human-in-an-era-of-automation
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[YESorNO]

Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89

"Harper Lee, whose first novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about racial injustice in a small Alabama town, sold more than 10 million copies and became one of the most beloved and most taught works of fiction ever written by an American, died on Friday in Monroeville, Ala., where she lived. She was 89.

Hank Conner, a nephew of Ms. Lee’s, said that she died in her sleep at the Meadows, an assisted living facility..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/arts/harper-lee-dies.html

Link: http://cdn1.theodysseyonline.com/files/2015/08/01/635739939992540234-1811281995_Harper Lee.jpg

Link: http://daily.jstor.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Harper-Lee-today.jpg

RIP :candle:

 

[YESorNO]

Here's The Answer To That Fruit Math Puzzle That's Driving Everyone Coconuts (with clip)
What's half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas?

"It's one of those Facebook posts that's all over the place, and -- like "the dress" or the hidden panda -- everyone seems to have a different take on it.
What is half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas? ..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fruit-math-answer_us_56c558cee4b0b40245c91a7e?

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This is how I see it:

Let me see: :thinking:

Seems as if the apples are worth 10 pts each (3 apples = 30 )

Then the bananas- 4 pts each because there are 4 bananas ( 10 pts + 4 pts + 4 pts = 18 )

And it seems that the coconuts are worth 1 pt each, so

4 (banana)- 2 (coconuts) = 2

So- 1 (coconut) + 10 (apple) + 3 (bananas) = 14

How do you see it? :thinking:

 

[Hatfield]

Here's The Answer To That Fruit Math Puzzle That's Driving Everyone Coconuts (with clip)
What's half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas?

"It's one of those Facebook posts that's all over the place, and -- like "the dress" or the hidden panda -- everyone seems to have a different take on it.
What is half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas? ..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fruit-math-answer_us_56c558cee4b0b40245c91a7e?

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This is how I see it:

Let me see: :thinking:

Seems as if the apples are worth 10 pts each (3 apples = 30 )

Then the bananas- 4 pts each because there are 4 bananas ( 10 pts + 4 pts + 4 pts = 18 )

And it seems that the coconuts are worth 1 pt each, so

4 (banana)- 2 (coconuts) = 2

So- 1 (coconut) + 10 (apple) + 3 (bananas) = 14

How do you see it? :thinking:

Trying it. Maybe get the same? Trying

Apples have to be 10+10+10 = 30

So Apple = 10

Banans = 10 + 4 +4 = 18

So bananas = 4

now tricky part

4 - 2 half coconots = 2

Lets call a half a coconut = A

So 4-2X A = 2

So reverse the equation to solve A......so 2 - 4 = -2 X A

So -2 = -2A

So -2 / -2 = A

So A = 1 = half a coconut

So final answer = 1 + 10 + 4 = 15

15 is my final answer. LOL

WAIT. Just realized the banana picture at bottom doesn't have all the banans. Gonna have to redo this. LOL

 

[YESorNO]

Its been really warm lately and the bugs are starting to hatch. Had to kill a couple nasty spiders already and a small centipede. I hate bugs in the house. Grrrrrr

I also hate bugs in my house (please stay outside where you belong). :gaah:

I have had some bugs that are called Biscuit bugs, or sometimes called drugstore beetles, in my kitchen. They are so annoying because they fly around and are into everyhting. They are attracted to food, but all my food is either in plastic bags or plastic/glass containers. I did find out where they were living in my pantry when a package of a bag of dry cat food somehow opened (maybe the plastic bag wasn't closed correctly?). It has actually taken me 2 years to get rid of them (at least I hope they are gone this summer). When I first moved to this house, we had ants. I used Combat for ants and haven't seen them since.

In my first house, we had Rollie Pollies (Pillbugs)- when you touched them, they rolled up into a ball. We would have to bomb the crawl space under the house every Spring.
In our second house we had crickets (with these large heads)

that the cats would play with. I would find a leg here, a head there- all over the first floor of our house. I finally found out how they entered our 1st floor family room when we bought new wall-to-wall carpets. They were coming in from the spaces where the wall met the floor. I chaulked all those area and we never saw them again (much to our cats' chagrin).

In the next house, we were unindated with daddy-long-leg spiders in our basement and other areas of the house. We got rid of their webs and sprayed something that was suppose to get rid of them/keep them away (but didn't). We finally ended up bombing the basement with ?-. That was a job because I had to make sure any foodstuff was covered/stored so the fumes wouldn't get into it. We (and my dogs)had to leave the house for awhile- 2-3 hours, I think- while the bomb was doing it's thing. But the spiders would eventually come back. ....

Never mind all the mosquitoes/ moths/flies/ladybugs and other troublesome flying thingys every summer that we have to battle to keep them out of the house. And then there are the snails/slimey slugs in the yard/on the siding, and on the car (that The Queen tends to bring in the house on her legs).

And how about the huge wasp's nest near our front door! That was a pleasant experience.

And the giant bug that tried to kill me by slamming my head repeatingly one summer when I was out on the deck smoking and followed me into the house when I ran indoors!

And that's my tale of bug whoa.

Bah. Bugs. I. abhor. them!

 

[YESorNO]

Trying it. Maybe get the same? Trying

Apples have to be 10+10+10 = 30

So Apple = 10

Banans = 10 + 4 +4 = 18

So bananas = 4

now tricky part

4 - 2 half coconots = 2

Lets call a half a coconut = A

So 4-2X A = 2

So reverse the equation to solve A......so 2 - 4 = -2 X A

So -2 = -2A

So -2 / -2 = A

So A = 1 = half a coconut

So final answer = 1 + 10 + 4 = 15

15 is my final answer. LOL

WAIT. Just realized the banana picture at bottom doesn't have all the banans. Gonna have to redo this. LOL

Tricky, isn't it :floorlaugh:

 

[YESorNO]

Found this in my email inbox last night that I wanted to share with the people who love books as I do. I found the article and pics very interesting and thought maybe
some would too. (I love Japanese names- they are so exotic looking on paper, but hard for me to pronounce).

We had a great bookshop in a stand-alone building in town. It was a great place to browse/buy used books, with it's many tall bookshelves and the cozy reading area. But
it is gone now because of the e-books that can be had on-line. Not a lot of business for the owner. Makes me sad. :tears:
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A Tour of Tokyo's Bookstores

"Tokyo - the world's most populous metropolis with 35 million inhabitants - has endless attractions ranging from food to historic temples and unique architecture. To the delight of bibliophiles, Japan's capital also boasts numerous bookstores.

You can't talk about Tokyo without considering the neighborhoods. Typically centered around one of many large train stations, each district has its own special atmosphere and characteristics. Finding bookshops is exceptionally easy because an entire district is dedicated to used books and publishing. Jimbocho, also spelled Jinbōchō, is Japan's equivalent of a booktown and it is pure heaven for booklovers.

Earlier this year I travelled to Tokyo and did some "bookstore tourism" by visiting several bookshops in Jimbocho and beyond...."

http://www.abebooks.com/books/featu...Prpt02-h00-tokyojAM-123324GN-_-01cta&abersp=1

(With limited space, books spill onto the street)

(Sidewalk browsing)

(Japanese folk tales printed on "Crepe Paper")

 

[Niner]

Good Morning all! :wave:



Don't forget your Drones registered with the FAA - last day to register!! :ufo:

Niner, where do I sing up for the traveling Juan book? I know spell has hers and didn't know if Daisymae, Nore, Gigi and our regulars would like me to pass my on first.

Anyone Anyone?

Okay - you are third on the list! Just had a PM from MistyM and she wants to read it! I know that GigiG mentioned on the Book thread that she wasn't going to buy the book - I guess I will scroll down now and "see" if she said anything...

Juan Book Sharing:
1. RickshawFan
2. MistyM
3. ILikeToBendPages
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Same here. I'd like to read it, but I can't deal with the post office. I'll wait until I can get it from the library.
But I, too, thank you for thinking of me!

Okay - that answers my question! :wave:

snipped by me...

This is how I see it:

Let me see: :thinking:

Seems as if the apples are worth 10 pts each (3 apples = 30 )

Then the bananas- 4 pts each because there are 4 bananas ( 10 pts + 4 pts + 4 pts = 18 )

And it seems that the coconuts are worth 1 pt each, so

4 (banana)- 2 (coconuts) = 2

So- 1 (coconut) + 10 (apple) + 3 (bananas) = 14

How do you see it? :thinking:

I'll agree with you - too complicated so early in the morning! :laughcry:

Speaking of bugs - I'm starting to get a bunch of ants... maybe cause it's been raining, and they're coming inside to stay dry.... :gaah:
I hate bugs in the house!!!! THe kittys were brining in a bird's head and playing with it, so had to throw that in the garbage...

The Huz has to go down to Sacramento and get the fluid around his lungs extracted today - so I guess I will do my grocery shopping tomorrow...

:hug: to coffeejunkie!! and prayers still coming Ryan's way!!

Oh - and I keep forgetting this:
Today in February:

19th National Chocolate Mint Day



Later! :seeya:

 

[YESorNO]

Lets do another

QUIZ:

This Test Will Reveal Your Worst Habit
We know. :facepalm:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/genamourbarrett/this-test-will-reveal-your-worst-habit#.wprAMNolG


Mine: :shame:

You got: Holding a grudge

You may not necessarily be a stubborn person, but when it comes to holding a grudge, you’re very, very good at it. You don’t let your guard down easily, so when someone hurts you it’s sometimes hard for you to let it go, even if you really miss the person.

:floorlaugh::floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

:tomato:

 

[Hatfield]

Trying it. Maybe get the same? Trying

Apples have to be 10+10+10 = 30

So Apple = 10

Banans = 10 + 4 +4 = 18

So bananas = 4

now tricky part

4 - 2 half coconots = 2

Lets call a half a coconut = A

So 4-2X A = 2

So reverse the equation to solve A......so 2 - 4 = -2 X A

So -2 = -2A

So -2 / -2 = A

So A = 1 = half a coconut

So final answer = 1 + 10 + 4 = 15

15 is my final answer. LOL

WAIT. Just realized the banana picture at bottom doesn't have all the banans. Gonna have to redo this. LOL

UPDATED:

Since the picture of the banana at bottom is only 3 bananas out of 4, then using all the above but changing the banana part to be 75% of 4 which is
.75 X 4 = 3 , so using 3 in the final math at bottom picture we have

The Final Final Answer = 1 + 10 + 3 = 14

So that is my new final answer = 14.

I have no idea if I am even close. LOL

 

[Spellbound]

The test was way off for me this time. I abhor being late and am always early for everything!
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1. [h=2]You got: Always being late[/h]You’re notorious for being late and no matter how hard you try, you can’t shake it. You’ve tried being on time before, but every time you do something gets in the way or the person you’re meeting is late – proving you should never have bothered in the first place. Your friends get pretty frustrated with your lateness, but they’ve accepted it as “just being you” and have taken to lying about the time you’re meeting up instead to get you to arrive on time

 

[Hatfield]

Here's The Answer To That Fruit Math Puzzle That's Driving Everyone Coconuts (with clip)
What's half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas?

"It's one of those Facebook posts that's all over the place, and -- like "the dress" or the hidden panda -- everyone seems to have a different take on it.
What is half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas? ..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fruit-math-answer_us_56c558cee4b0b40245c91a7e?

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This is how I see it:

Let me see: :thinking:

Seems as if the apples are worth 10 pts each (3 apples = 30 )

Then the bananas- 4 pts each because there are 4 bananas ( 10 pts + 4 pts + 4 pts = 18 )

And it seems that the coconuts are worth 1 pt each, so

4 (banana)- 2 (coconuts) = 2

So- 1 (coconut) + 10 (apple) + 3 (bananas) = 14

How do you see it? :thinking:

When I fixed mine I came up with the same so I think we have it right. Yipeee.

That was tough doing math with fruits. LOL

 

[GigiG]

Nice info, Hatfield. Thanks. She has been known to catch voles and birds, and has come close to catching up with the rabbits and squirrels. Sometimes I believe she is going to climb the tree after the latter. We have not trained her for hunting, so I don't know how she would do, but I suspect it would be excellent. I try to keep her from digging --- though any large dog bone/biscuit gets buried outside and then dug back up before she will eat it. :giggle: We partitioned off a smallish section of our yard to keep the wild critters safe. ( We are always remarking on the strength her muscles exhibit. )





Gorgeous! And a perfect best-in-snow!



Zuri, I have only heard those two small clips at the link Y-N posted.

Those are some handsome dogs!

 

[GigiG]

My husband works for USPS and he could have it mailed it first class to you. I shared my Jeff Aston with a man (IIRC it was rpgman?), and used my screen name for the signature and gave the facility that dh is at as my address, if you don't have them it brings more inspection. So, is there a way it could get to you without revealing your name and such?

This is for anyone that would like to read and pass it on.

How are you? I hope your plumbing is doing OK. Ours isn't. It started two or three weeks ago (time has been passing by with our visitor) when the bathtub gurgled when you flushed the toilet for a day than backed up. DH has two roto roooters (?) and used the small one first than the big gun and it was fine on our end but was backing up on the city's main line (which is in the middle of the street, and it used to be the city's responsibility from the meter and into the main, but a ordinance a few years ago put in place a that it was the home owners all the way to the main), so dh calls the city (this is on a late Saturday afternoon) public services, told them and really got no where. So he asked to speak with the supervisor and they told him to get a plumber (two hundred buck) to check if it was backed from our meter to the main.


An hour later dh takes off for the mayors house, he wasn't home but dh left a note. I wondered if a swat team was going to show up. So Sunday we have nothing. On Monday I heard all this commotion out in front of the house, there were several big trucks, and one that runs a camera down the pipes to see where the blockage was and it was crushed ( no idea how that happened unless an earthquake did it) and moved, so it was their problem, and they were very apologetic, and wanted to assure us they would "fix" it so we wouldn't be with out. They dug up the street in front of the house and finally this week came back to pour concrete. But when they dug up the old pipe they cut the fiber optic for our cable, landline and internet, and it took a week before Verizon could come out dig a trench to lay down new lines.

It's been very warm down here, but very windy. Trees are blooming Tonight the over night temps are to be in the sixties and eighty degrees tomorrow. I see that Zuri has snow, and I thought you would be in the same storm as Zuri.

I'm good, thanks, and my plumbing problems are mostly fixed. Sorry that you can't say the same , but glad your DH was proactive in re-directing the problem to those who are truly responsible for fixing things. Still, it sounds like a nightmare with all that digging and whatnot!

And yeah, we got hit with more snow this week, but tomorrow it's supposed to be almost 70! Yay! Temps will be colder next week with another chance of snow Tue or Wed, but I'm still holding out hope that the groundhog was right and that spring will arrive soon!

As for the book, my problem with the Post Office isn't in receiving the book, it's in finding the time to go there and wait in line to send it back. I don't want to borrow something that I might not be able to return in a timely fashion. But I do appreciate the very sweet offer(s).

 

[GigiG]

Here's The Answer To That Fruit Math Puzzle That's Driving Everyone Coconuts (with clip)
What's half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas?

"It's one of those Facebook posts that's all over the place, and -- like "the dress" or the hidden panda -- everyone seems to have a different take on it.
What is half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas? ..."

My answer would be that together they're ingredients for a great smoothie!

ETA

Could we maybe throw in some berries? That would make it even better!

 

[GigiG]

The test was way off for me this time. I abhor being late and am always early for everything!
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1. [h=2]You got: Always being late[/h]You’re notorious for being late and no matter how hard you try, you can’t shake it. You’ve tried being on time before, but every time you do something gets in the way or the person you’re meeting is late – proving you should never have bothered in the first place. Your friends get pretty frustrated with your lateness, but they’ve accepted it as “just being you” and have taken to lying about the time you’re meeting up instead to get you to arrive on time

I got that too, but I am NEVER late, so, whatever...

 

[Niner]

Hey!

Just in case this isn't posted here...

Interesting tidbits about JA from vent-mate Shawna Forde:

http://www.theshawnafordeblog.org

Yuck! All those bugs on my screen! :scared: :lol:

Oh - love those book stores you posted!! I'd go crazy if we had one here like those! :read:

I :luv: the Quizzes!! or is it Quizes... :happydance:

and I got:
You got: Never accepting a compliment

While you have no problem complimenting other people, you absolutely hate when people compliment you. Not only does it make you feel awkward, but you never know what to say, so you usually end up rejecting the compliment completely instead of just saying “thank you”.


hmmmm... :thinking: don't know about that one! When anyone here compliments me - I use this

or this one :blushing:

Same here, Spellbound - I HATE being late! And people that arrange to meet who are late! errrrgggghhhhh!

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So that is my new final answer = 14.

I have no idea if I am even close. LOL

I'm not even going to try...

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As for the book, my problem with the Post Office isn't in receiving the book, it's in finding the time to go there and wait in line to send it back. I don't want to borrow something that I might not be able to return in a timely fashion. But I do appreciate the very sweet offer(s).

Oh no problem at all! We have a small post office too, and the waiting line is a bummer!

Okay - the Huz' ordeal down in the Sacramento hospital - he got about a quart of fluids drawn out near his lungs, BUT! has more to come out; but they can't do it all at once - can't remember the reason - but now he has to get ANOTHER referral to come back and do it again - hopefully, next Monday or Tuesday - depending how "fast" this government/medical insurance red tape takes... :waiting:
He can't believe he can breathe SO MUCH better now - he was even thinking of taking a walk! LOL! And yup - grocery shopping tomorrow, as we left at noon and just got back about 4pm!

All you snow people - :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
It's cloudy and supposed to rain a bit more tonight. The other day we got 1 1/4" of rain! :happydance:

Alrighty - hoping all is well with our coffeejunkie!! Praying continuing for Ryan! and some



See ya all later!! :seeya:

 

[YESorNO]

UPDATED:

Since the picture of the banana at bottom is only 3 bananas out of 4, then using all the above but changing the banana part to be 75% of 4 which is
.75 X 4 = 3 , so using 3 in the final math at bottom picture we have

The Final Final Answer = 1 + 10 + 3 = 14

So that is my new final answer = 14.

I have no idea if I am even close. LOL

Could you please check the video in the article to see if we are correct (I don't want to use up my damn BW)

 

[YESorNO]

Here's The Answer To That Fruit Math Puzzle That's Driving Everyone Coconuts (with clip)
What's half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas?

"It's one of those Facebook posts that's all over the place, and -- like "the dress" or the hidden panda -- everyone seems to have a different take on it.
What is half a coconut plus one apple plus three bananas? ..."

My answer would be that together they're ingredients for a great smoothie!

ETA

Could we maybe throw in some berries? That would make it even better!

:floorlaugh::floorlaugh: