The Off Topic Topic

[Tamas]

So, what does fracking have to do with climate change?

[Oexmelin]

It releases large quantities of methane.

[Iormlund]

I got Georgia. Could be worse I guess, we get to make Coca-Cola.

I got Stamford, Connetticutt, where the WWE is headquartered. 

I got St. Paul, Minnesota, where ... it is cold?

At least I'm not in Atlanta, though. 

Also, it is somewhat amusing that poor Vacceo cannot escape from Indiana.

[merithyn]

Interesting business case by Stanford Business School on the history of health insurance and how the BC/BS California is moving forward to find better care for less costs.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/blue-shield-california-0

[The Brain]

Chicago?

[The Minsky Moment]

Interesting business case by Stanford Business School on the history of health insurance and how the BC/BS California is moving forward to find better care for less costs.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/blue-shield-california-0

Restricted to Stanford alumni, alas.

[merithyn]

Interesting business case by Stanford Business School on the history of health insurance and how the BC/BS California is moving forward to find better care for less costs.

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/blue-shield-california-0

Restricted to Stanford alumni, alas.

I have a .pdf but I don't know how to attach/link it here.

[The Larch]

So I decided that every month I will order a few Cobi models. I will need more display space, though. 

A few models every month? By the end of the year you won't know where to put them. 

[The Larch]

Also, it is somewhat amusing that poor Vacceo cannot escape from Indiana.

It's his destiny to be the cranky weirdo in a rural area, he should embrace it.

[Syt]

So I decided that every month I will order a few Cobi models. I will need more display space, though. 

A few models every month? By the end of the year you won't know where to put them. 

Well, I'm already running out of ones that I *really* want, so I'm not too worried about that. The models fall for me in three categories "OMG YES", "Nice to have, but not really necessary", "meh." E.g. I'm generally not much into their planes or ships sortiment, for example and won't get many of those. They have a 66 cm wingspan B-17 coming in October, though, which looks quite sweet.

There's a few that I'd love but that are no longer produced, like StuG III & IV, Jagdpanther, SU-85). They're re-sold at double or triple the price on ebay and similar pages, so I'm not even tempted.

[celedhring]

Language doubt:

I see a picture of a woman. Later, I see that woman in the middle of a crowd. Is she the woman from the picture or the woman of the picture? I'd guess I can use both? Prepositions are always a weak spot for me.

[PDH]

Language doubt:

I see a picture of a woman. Later, I see that woman in the middle of a crowd. Is she the woman from the picture or the woman of the picture? I'd guess I can use both? Prepositions are always a weak spot for me.

"From the picture", "of" sounds goofy

[Admiral Yi]

Peedy is an Al Qaeda mole.  In the picture and from the picture both OK, of the picture a pinch off.

[derspiess]

I think you misread him there, Yi.

[celedhring]

Thanks! "From" was my first guess but wondered whether "of" also worked/was better.

I struggle a bit with some uses of those prepositions without a Spanish equivalent (i.e. both "from" and "of" translate as "de").