The Chat Thread

[Szykneij]

Tony! Come to Woburn next Monday?

Yo, Karl -- Check pm.

[karlhenning]

Aye; I had this in mind, but I understand if timing is infelicitous, mon vieux.

[Szykneij]

Aye; I had this in mind, but I understand if timing is infelicitous, mon vieux.

I'll try to come. We'll have to play it by ear.

[drogulus]

I'll try to come. We'll have to play it by ear.

     _{(why am I quoting this? I forgot why....)}

     I'm in Massachusetts, where I live. Wasn't Texas fun? And if not, why not? That's a weighty question, so let's defer that for now. My dad is well. We watched a movie from his huge collection of bargain basement DVDs. We also looked at old photos he took in January, 1946 in Danzig (now Gdansk).

     

     His Victory ship was delivering horses, mules, cattle, and fertilizer to Polish farmers (per the Marshall Plan). The idea was to help with the planting so Poles wouldn't starve. I was unaware that Stalin permitted aid to Poland (he turned it down for the Soviet Union) until my father told me what he'd been doing.

[karlhenning]

     _{(why am I quoting this? I forgot why....)}

     I'm in Massachusetts, where I live.

Come to a concert Monday night?

[drogulus]

     

Come to a concert Monday night?

     Thanks for the invite, but I'll be back at work by then.

[drogulus]

      Speaking of Chat, a guy on the internet says:

      "The RCA Tube Manual is possibly the greatest book ever written."

      How, I'm trying to wonder, is a greatest book possible? 

      He also says:

      "The Mullard Tube Substitution book is nice to cuddle up with on a cold dark night."

      I don't think there's any question about that but really, the RCA quote is hard to fathom.

[drogulus]

Whereas Langford-Smith's Radiotron Designer's Handbook (4th ed.) - all 1482 pages of it - now that is a contender.   

     Soooo do you think that it isn't possible for the RCA to be the greatest book ever but it is possible for the Radiotron Designer's Handbook to be?

     That, I think, is entirely orthogonal to Chat! It's........a puzzlement.

     You're not playing fair.

[MN Dave]

That "World Cup" thread could read "Drying Paint" or "Toenail Clippings" and it would still get the same amount of attention from me.

[Lethevich]

We can't all have perfect taste, and don't worry, we forgive you

[MN Dave]

We can't all have perfect taste, and don't worry, we forgive you

[drogulus]

     

     The World Cup is the most solid-state thing I've ever seen. It's the Polytone Mini Brute of sports.

     

     

     

[MN Dave]

        The World Cup is the most solid-state thing I've ever seen. It's the Polytone Mini Brute of sports.

Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about. 

[Szykneij]

Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about. 

I do. I have a Polytone and it's a great little amp, but it has one minor design flaw. The location of the on/off toggle switch is too exposed and is easily damaged on the way to a gig.

[MN Dave]

I do. I have a Polytone and it's a great little amp, but it has one minor design flaw. The location of the on/off toggle switch is too exposed and is easily damaged on the way to a gig.

Yeah, just like the World Cup.

[DavidW]

Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about. 

Only a madman could decipher the madness of drogulus.

[drogulus]

Someday, I will know what the heck you're talking about. 

     You can't beat optimism.

      _{(Well, you can, really, but why be downbeat?)}

     

I do. I have a Polytone and it's a great little amp, but it has one minor design flaw. The location of the on/off toggle switch is too exposed and is easily damaged on the way to a gig.

      Nooo, you are the anti-{that person}! Stay outta this!

     

Only a madman could decipher the madness of drogulus.

      Do you have anyone in mind?

      I'm on vacation, and therefore dangerous.

      In my youth I was a bit reckless but otherwise sound:

     

[greg]

Looking up a phone videos of people using Microsoft Sam to prank call people- the best I've seen so far might just be this one (a prank call to a bakery):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7kE1gcW-8c


The whole video is worth watching, but the first minute- WOW!!! 
"Do you sell swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh?"
"If I don't get swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh I will die. swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh is great. swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh is the best thing ever invented. I need swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh now. Do you sell swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh?"


And:
"My rofl copter goes swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh"

And:
when he is transferred at 7:54- "Good afternoon, this is..."
"Will you be my friend?"

(if you type "soi" into Microsoft Sam, you get that swwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh sound)

[MN Dave]

*bumpity*

So what do you have to say for yourself?

[Lethevich]

I didn't do it!