The Off Topic Topic

[mongers]

I occasionally volunteer for a few hours in a local thrift shop, very good cause, and oddly nearly every time I've done it, someone I know and have not seen for years turns up.

This morning James turned up, a chap I started doing ebay with years ago, back when californians used to post you wads of 10 dollar bills and digital cameras were expensive. Good me meet him again after such a long time.
Then I think a 'woman from my past' turned up at the shop, I say think because I was engaged with another customer and she was also wearing concealing big sunglasses on a wet english autumn morning. 

Maybe a few of these friends and old acquaintances are talking to each other?, "heh, guess what X the recluse, sometimes shows up at this shop".

[derspiess]

My brother bought a new house and is moving in this weekend.  He's a big Wes Anderson fan so as a housewarming gift I decided to get him this print for his home theater room:



I think I'll put it in a light walnut frame.

[The Brain]

Which size?

[derspiess]

Which size?

18x36"

[mongers]

[CountDeMoney]

Don't listen to Mongers;  he would just pull over and take a dump on it.


It's a very nice print for a movie room.

[garbon]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jonmichaelpoff/world-geography-test?utm_term=.bmJ3w2ZN8#.pfWgx5Dka

Sent the above quiz to my employees. One picked Iceland when quiz asked for Ireland as well as Brazil when asked about Argentina.

[The Brain]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jonmichaelpoff/world-geography-test?utm_term=.bmJ3w2ZN8#.pfWgx5Dka

Sent the above quiz to my employees. One picked Iceland when quiz asked for Ireland as well as Brazil when asked about Argentina.

I suck at Central America, I didn't know Guatemala and had to take a chance. I failed.

[garbon]

I knew Guatemala as I know that Mexico has issues with illegal immigrants from Guatemala crossing the border.

Guatemala:Mexico::Mexico:USA

My one failure was that for some reason, I picked Bolivia instead of Peru.

[Eddie Teach]

In the year 25/25

[Savonarola]

In order to model radio interference on locomotive rooftops I've been looking at 3D radio frequency modeling software called FEKO (giggle).  It's part of a larger 3D manufacturing suite known as Hyperworks.  While I've only looked at the RF portion^1., maybe I should try to convince our project we need the entire suite.  From my e-mail this morning:

Tailgate in Style with SOLIDWORKS Plastics

Follow these design tips to have the best tailgate in the lot

Fall is here, and for millions of fans that means football. Every fan knows the best way to celebrate game day is with a tailgate full of friends, a hot grill, and cold drinks. This year, you can stop fumbling around with standard store-bought tailgate gear and make a statement by designing your own beer tap with SOLIDWORKS Plastics.

Huddle up with Plastics expert Jeff Osman as he shares the plastics design tips to ensure your design can be molded with ease and your tailgate will flow...responsibly. During the presentation, you'll learn how to use SOLIDWORKS Plastics to create a design that will be built for purpose and successfully complete the injection molding process.

1.)  The FEKO matter, as it were

[Barrister]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jonmichaelpoff/world-geography-test?utm_term=.bmJ3w2ZN8#.pfWgx5Dka

Sent the above quiz to my employees. One picked Iceland when quiz asked for Ireland as well as Brazil when asked about Argentina.

I couldn't remember which country was Uruguay, and which was Paraguay, and guessed incorrectly.  24/25

[HVC]

I couldn't find the name sake for frat boys everywhere (chad)

[Grey Fox]

It's east of the Chicken Nugget. Easy to remember.

[Barrister]

I couldn't find the name sake for frat boys everywhere (chad)

I remembered that Ghadaffi once had a deeply stupid war with Chad over several miles of Sahara Desert, and chose accordingly.

And not a single one of my fraternity brothers was named Chad.