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[Izulde]

I have a feeling my students weren't expecting to learn about res judicata and collateral estoppel this week.

[cartman]

This dude sounds like he left it all on the table. I just hope that Momma Margie, Crazy Pam and Big Tittie Wanda can find peace after his passing.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sav...&pid=166950349

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by cartman

This dude sounds like he left it all on the table. I just hope that Momma Margie, Crazy Pam and Big Tittie Wanda can find peace after his passing.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sav...&pid=166950349

Epic.

[digamma]

From the Spokesman Review, Deadspin says the answer is "after four drinks."

[rowech]

I wonder what type of impact fully switching to the metric system would make in the math abilities of students.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by rowech

I wonder what type of impact fully switching to the metric system would make in the math abilities of students.

How about science ability?

SI

[rowech]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

How about science ability?

SI

I feel like they use the metric system as it is in science so I'm not sure we would see improvements there. Perhaps.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by rowech

I wonder what type of impact fully switching to the metric system would make in the math abilities of students.

Decimal skills would get better, fraction skills would get worse.

[cuervo72]

I wonder if they have any updates on the status of Generalissimo Francisco Franco.



(or for that matter, Nelson Mandela.)

[cartman]

My mom and dad might be out of their house for the next three months. They came down to visit me this past weekend, and brought my nieces as well. When they got home on Sunday night, they discovered that the stopper failed on the fill tank of one of the toilets, and it had flooded the house. At first they were only supposed to be out a week, until the floors got dried out. Then it was moved to a month, because all of the flooring was going to have to be replaced. Now they are telling them up to three months, because the drywall won't be able to be saved, so several walls will have to be knocked out and replaced as well. For now the insurance company is putting them up at a Residence Inn.

[spleen1015]

That's no fun.

[sterlingice]

That sounds pretty crappy

SI

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by cartman

My mom and dad might be out of their house for the next three months. They came down to visit me this past weekend, and brought my nieces as well. When they got home on Sunday night, they discovered that the stopper failed on the fill tank of one of the toilets, and it had flooded the house. At first they were only supposed to be out a week, until the floors got dried out. Then it was moved to a month, because all of the flooring was going to have to be replaced. Now they are telling them up to three months, because the drywall won't be able to be saved, so several walls will have to be knocked out and replaced as well. For now the insurance company is putting them up at a Residence Inn.

I think you owe it to us to share the name of the insurance company so that nobody else will use them.

[Chief Rum]

I don't understand. Was the insurance company responsible for the damage? Seems to me they are doing what they are supposed to do.

If it's about the Residence Inn, that's a decent enough short term solution. It's probably more expensive than finding a rental home in the mean time, so actually the company would have incentive to find such a home. But I don't know we can expect an insurance company to have those resources.

[JonInMiddleGA]

What CR said. Unless there's something missing here, I don't see where the insurance company is failing at their responsibility.

A full-house floor replacement in a month isn't unreasonable. Finding reasonably priced reputable crew to replace multiple walls could take up to three months in a lot of places these days.

Frustrating as hell of a situation, sounds like a major PITA ... not sure how any of that is the insurers fault though, they don't come with magic wands any more than the rest of us.

[cartman]

To add to it a bit, my mom and dad have lived there for 37 years, and the house is just over 50 years old. So there are going to have to be other changes made to bring things up to code, due to the amount of rebuilding/remodeling that is going to have to be done.

[CraigSca]

Getting back to how it happened - was the toilet itself blocked - because I don't see how a running toilet will overflow unless there's some kind of blockage involved as well.

[cartman]

Not sure of the specifics, but the way my mom made it sound was that the thing that is supposed to stop the fill tank didn't, so it just ran and ran, probably from on Friday right when they left until Sunday night.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

I think you owe it to us to share the name of the insurance company so that nobody else will use them.

WTF are you talking about? Sign me up tomorrow for my policy with them.You know how many insurance companies out there would give him a major hassle because of the costs involved there?

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

not sure how any of that is the insurers fault though, they don't come with magic wands any more than the rest of us.

It is amazing how many people expect them to.

[Draft Dodger]

Originally Posted by rowech

I wonder what type of impact fully switching to the metric system would make in the math abilities of students.

a co-worker today was talking about a 50cm cable and said "I'm not sure how many meters that is". I laughed at him since obviously everyone knows that it's a half a meter.

Turns out, no one in our row (besides me) knew that and someone had to google it to verify that I was right.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

a co-worker today was talking about a 50cm cable and said "I'm not sure how many meters that is". I laughed at him since obviously everyone knows that it's a half a meter.

Turns out, no one in our row (besides me) knew that and someone had to google it to verify that I was right.

Reminds me of the time my mom had to take a math test to get a job. She said it was hard. She said there were questions like "What is 1/2 of 1/4?"

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

a co-worker today was talking about a 50cm cable and said "I'm not sure how many meters that is". I laughed at him since obviously everyone knows that it's a half a meter.

Turns out, no one in our row (besides me) knew that and someone had to google it to verify that I was right.

didn't know that.

[cuervo72]

"centi" = 1/100
meter = meter
centimeter = 1/100 meter
50 centimeter = 50/100 meter = 1/2 meter

[spleen1015]

You don't remember 3rd grade math?

[Lathum]

It is obvious when you think about it, but really, I have gotten through 38 years of my life without knowing that. Is it really that big a deal?

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Lathum

It is obvious when you think about it, but really, I have gotten through 38 years of my life without knowing that. Is it really that big a deal?

Nope, but you told us so we get to make fun of you.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Nope, but you told us so we get to make fun of you.

touche

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Nope, but you told us so we get to make fun of you.

SI

[molson]

Originally Posted by rowech

I wonder what type of impact fully switching to the metric system would make in the math abilities of students.

The Metric System Is the Tool Of The Devil - YouTube

[Shkspr]

Originally Posted by Lathum

It is amazing how many people expect them to.

Considering that State Farm depicts teleportation as one of their agents' powers, Allstate's spokesman is able to possess people, and Progressive has managed to make the sexiness of "Flo" bizarrely plausible, I think people have a right to expect magic powers of their insurance company.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by rowech

I wonder what type of impact fully switching to the metric system would make in the math abilities of students.

Going out on a limb here, but I bet Lathum would struggle....

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

Going out on a limb here, but I bet Lathum would struggle....

you kidding? I struggle without the metric system, hell, I don't even know the name of the current system!

[cuervo72]

We currently use the English System. I think we're all aware of your issues with English.

[RainMaker]

Amazing that Comcast would put you on hold for an hour when you want to add services. Just gave up, they apparently don't want the business.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Amazing that Comcast would put you on hold for an hour when you want to add services. Just gave up, they apparently don't want the business.

I was just coming here to bitch about cable, too.

As everywhere, I have two choices: cable provider (Comcast) and fiber provider (AT&T). And, of course, this sucks and is the primary reason why our infrastructure never is upgraded: entrenched monopolies with huge entry barriers.

Shockingly, my prices are pretty similar: $85 vs $88 (pre all the crazy fees). I'm thinking of going with AT&T because they waive all but $20 of installation costs so if I aggregate that out over a year, it's basically the same $88 vs $88 and then when my prices shoot up $50 or whatever, it's time to renegotiate with each.

And, actually, I think I'm going to slowly ease in my other options. Rather than paying another $10 per month for an additional tv, that's $120 over the year. I'll put it as a "down payment" on a DVR and antenna to test out the non-cable options I could explore when the contract is up.

SI

[Honolulu_Blue]

No offense to molson or the other fine people of Idaho, but I am very glad that, because I switched jobs, I am avoiding a 4 week stay in Boise that would have started today.

[sterlingice]

I enjoyed Boise when I was there for training. But that was for a week at a time.

SI

[molson]

Well, 4 weeks is a long time to be away anywhere, but of course, I think there's worse places to be stranded. We have cheap beer and beautiful foothills (I suggest enjoying them together).

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by molson

Well, 4 weeks is a long time to be away anywhere, but of course, I think there's worse places to be stranded. We have cheap beer and beautiful foothills (I suggest enjoying them together).

It would have been a grueling 4 weeks of trial. No time for fun, or it would have been pretty decent.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

Getting back to how it happened - was the toilet itself blocked - because I don't see how a running toilet will overflow unless there's some kind of blockage involved as well.

I was thinking the same way you were until...if the tank keeps filling and the stopper is down the water runs out of the top of the tank.

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by CU Tiger

I was thinking the same way you were until...if the tank keeps filling and the stopper is down the water runs out of the top of the tank.

Ah, thanks for the clarification - makes total sense!

[korme]

Originally Posted by rowech

I wonder what type of impact fully switching to the metric system would make in the math abilities of students.

you know what they call the quarter pounder in france

[finketr]

Originally Posted by korme

you know what they call the quarter pounder in france

I hate you... I had to look this up:

Le Royal Cheese would be the traditional qp.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by finketr

I hate you... I had to look this up:

{hangs head}

[finketr]

Well, i've actually been to a McDonalds in France. Had some pommes frites for a snack in the middle of a sunday afternoon.

[cartman]

I must be the plumbing grim reaper. I'm up in DFW doing some work at the office of one of my clients. I'm staying with my aunt and uncle while I'm up here, and last night, we noticed water in the garage, near where the water heaters are located. We checked the water heaters, which are up on a raised platform, and they are bone dry. We wipe up the water, and notice it is slowly leaking from below the platform that the water heaters are on. We look up in the attic above, and no water is leaking anywhere up there.

My aunt called a plumber this morning, and the diagnosis is a leak in a pipe in the slab. Going to have to rip up the floor in her dining room and jackhammer the slab to get to the pipe.

[MacroGuru]

So my boss holds me after the sales meeting today.

Tells me he is giving notice, going to a better job..yada yada.

I am in slight panic mode right now, hoping things pan out.

1. He is recommending me as his replacement (Which I am happy about)
   1. It will be an increase in pay, but no where near a sales manager should be making, it's why my boss is leaving.
2. If I am not promoted and they bring someone else in, I am going to walk..find a new job.
   1. I basically act as the sales manager 80% of the time as I handle all of the other account managers and the SEs and alleviate all the headaches.
   2. The only thing I don't do is sit in on management meetings but I am given the run down after they happen.
   3. Bringing someone in to me tells me they don't want me there.

So...looks like I prep the resume this weekend....

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by finketr

Well, i've actually been to a McDonalds in France. Had some pommes frites for a snack in the middle of a sunday afternoon.

He's hanging his head about something else relating to your original comment. I'm kinda with him on it. Lol

[cartman]

Have you ever had a Big Kahuna burger? I hear they are mighty tasty, and the cornerstone of a nutritious breakfast.