The Coffee House

[snowbear119 51]

My favorite word is "zygodactyl."

Had to look that one up. So how many times a day do YOU drop that word into everyday conversation?

Only among people considering getting a parrot - it's a sleeper word.

 

[Designer]

Okay, here's my last version. What do we think of the color now?

That's it! All the snow looks white, and the colors in the bridge and the trees is very subtle, but it's there.

 

[pgriz]

Oh, OK. I envisaged that any use of that word in human company that is not versed in its meaning, would get you either a slap across the face, or a punch in the nose.

 

[tirediron]

Wow, someone's paying attention to me! I'm a teacher, I'm not used to that

Okay, here's my last version. What do we think of the color now?
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I like that. A LOT; very "Currier & Ives".

 

[limr33 3]

Wow, someone's paying attention to me! I'm a teacher, I'm not used to that

Okay, here's my last version. What do we think of the color now?
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I like that. A LOT; very "Currier & Ives".

Thanks! I had to Google what 'Currier and Ives' were, and you're right. It's a quite similar style!

 

[tirediron]

Wow, someone's paying attention to me! I'm a teacher, I'm not used to that

Okay, here's my last version. What do we think of the color now?
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I like that. A LOT; very "Currier & Ives".

Thanks! I had to Google what 'Currier and Ives' were, and you're right. It's a quite similar style!

Good gawd you make a person feel old!

 

[limr33 3]

Thanks! I had to Google what 'Currier and Ives' were, and you're right. It's a quite similar style!

Good gawd you make a person feel old!

Or, my ignorance makes a person feel worldly and cultured!

 

[Designer]

That's what I'm going for; worldly and cultured.

 

[tirediron]

Thanks! I had to Google what 'Currier and Ives' were, and you're right. It's a quite similar style!

Good gawd you make a person feel old!

Or, my ignorance makes a person feel worldly and cultured!

Have you met me?

 

[limr33 3]

Hey, I was trying to put a good spin on it for ya!

 

[tirediron]

Hey, I was trying to put a good spin on it for ya!

I assume then, that "Quixote" is your family name, and Don was a distant relative?

 

[limr33 3]

Hey, I was trying to put a good spin on it for ya!

I assume then, that "Quixote" is your family name, and Don was a distant relative?

Well, there is an Iberian connection, I suppose...

 

[snowbear119 51]

A number of years ago, I walked into a local office supply store (not a chain) and asked the young lady behind the counter if they had a slide rule. I was rewarded with a blank stare.

Lenny, please don't tell me you'll have to Google it.

 

[limr33 3]

Oh please! I am still a nerd, after all, and have an engineer brother

 

[KenC]

A number of years ago, I walked into a local office supply store (not a chain) and asked the young lady behind the counter if they had a slide rule. I was rewarded with a blank stare.

Lenny, please don't tell me you'll have to Google it.

When I was in graduate school way back I had a calculator stolen from my desk. This was a little before calculators became really cheap, at least by graduate student standards, so I brought in an old slide rule and left that on my desk. Funny that no one ever stole it ...

Reminds me that when I bought a car a few years ago after not having bought one for about ten years I discovered that manual transmissions were not that easy to get anymore. I did find one, but then I did some searching about the trend, and discovered that cars with stick shifts are now stolen much less than other cars because many of the car thieves (the more amateur variety I suppose) don't know how to drive one.