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Interesting that the metric system applies to both distance and weight, but the Imperial system is only for distance. Did you know we use the Avoirdupois system for weights?


(that sounds even more pompous)
 
Gameface said:
I was wondering the same thing
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Because this isn't tumblr. 17 posts in a row from one user is not a discussion thread. Many many posts in a row from other users has been sanctioned previously and we have discouraged other posters in the past from using the board as their personal blog.
 
Sirkickyass said:
Because this isn't tumblr. 17 posts in a row from one user is not a discussion thread. Many many posts in a row from other users has been sanctioned previously and we have discouraged other posters in the past from using the board as their personal blog.
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We have a gif thread. We have a demotivator thread. You didn't give others the opportunity to post in the thread. I thought it would be some good levity.
 
Millsapa said:
We have a gif thread. We have a demotivator thread. You didn't give others the opportunity to post in the thread. I thought it would be some good levity.
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There is a forum that specializes in posting just images and you'll never have to worry about having your threads locked or about people not enjoying your tone. Have fun at 4chan.
 
Millsapa said:
We have a gif thread. We have a demotivator thread. You didn't give others the opportunity to post in the thread. I thought it would be some good levity.
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I agree. I liked the approach. I had a couple ready to post when I saw it was locked. :(
 
One thing I like about this forum is there is a section where we all talk about the same subject, and there is a section where we can talk about all kinds of things. I like the picture threads, gif threads, demotivators because it lightens the mood and gives me a chuckle, and then right after I can delve into a semi-serious conversation or argument about all kinds of stuff. That is what keeps me coming back, the variety, of both the topics and posters.

And the moderating. I must say I think the moderators generally do a good job. I do disagree with locking the Picture thread, and some of the bannings, but it is part and parcel with a well-moderated forum in which I would not be embarrassed if my kid walked up behind me and saw what we were talking about, or how it was being said.
 
LogGrad98 said:
One thing I like about this forum is there is a section where we all talk about the same subject, and there is a section where we can talk about all kinds of things. I like the picture threads, gif threads, demotivators because it lightens the mood and gives me a chuckle, and then right after I can delve into a semi-serious conversation or argument about all kinds of stuff. That is what keeps me coming back, the variety, of both the topics and posters.

And the moderating. I must say I think the moderators generally do a good job. I do disagree with locking the Picture thread, and some of the bannings, but it is part and parcel with a well-moderated forum in which I would not be embarrassed if my kid walked up behind me and saw what we were talking about, or how it was being said.
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Dude, you're WAY too level-headed to be posting here. Are you sure you're in the right forum?
 
Millsapa said:
imagesexpert-farmer.jpg
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No, farmers are only "experts" when tourists get lost and ask the farmer for directions. Or when they amuse themselves idly in the middle of the night because of restless leg syndrome. . . . . or when clueless city slicker news reporters get lost and try to make a story out of it so their editor doesn't just can them.
 
Millsapa said:
Why did you close my awesome "metric buttload" thread?
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Here I am trying to "catch up" on threads in here during the middle of the night. . . . this whole "metric" load issue is painful for me to endure. . . . I can see nobody has a clue what they're talking about. Millsapa has appropriated a meaningful expression without understanding the meaning. Nobody else here seems to know the origins or meaning of the expression. I do. I have been all over the place in my time, always observant, always critical, always thinking about it all. It's from the vocabulary of the pidgin variety of English commonly spoken by forklift operators in warehouses. . . . well back when those guys used to speak English in the first place. . . .

"A ton" was a precedent expression. Something weighs "a ton" if it's heavy, usually very heavy. . . . . Another precedent expression was "????load" or for LDS folks who have peculiar expressions in the place of normal profanity, with more pointed terminology, "!!!!load" as Millsape encrypted it. In the never-ending quest for particular emphasis in language which the ignorant are subject to in lieu of higher forms of expression, these two precedents have been combined by the forklift operators to create the progressive leap past the unutterable "ton !!!!load" through "metric ton !!!!load" all the way to the sublime "metric !!!!load". With the added emphasis commonly known to forklift operators that a metric ton is 1000kg or 2200 lbs while an Imperial ton is only 2000 lbs.

There's been a lot of water under the bridge in defining the ounce, but it appears to be a settling reality that the regular Avoirdupois ounce and pound are the only remnants of the Avoidupois system, with a modern established definition of apporximately 28.35 grams, or one sixteenth of a pound, which is 453.6 grams, while the troy ounce will likely continue to be used in precious metal trade, defined as 31.1 gram. The British have officially progressed from their Imperial system to the metric system, making it illegal to trade on the basis of the former system. We also have a separate definition for the fluid oz at around 30 grams or 30cc of fluid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce
 
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babe said:
Here I am trying to "catch up" on threads in here during the middle of the night. . . . this whole "metric" load issue is painful for me to endure. . . . I can see nobody has a clue what they're talking about. Millsapa has appropriated a meaningful expression without understanding the meaning. Nobody else here seems to know the origins or meaning of the expression. I do. I have been all over the place in my time, always observant, always critical, always thinking about it all. It's from the vocabulary of the pidgin variety of English commonly spoken by forklift operators in warehouses. . . . well back when those guys used to speak English in the first place. . . .

"A ton" was a precedent expression. Something weighs "a ton" if it's heavy, usually very heavy. . . . . Another precedent expression was "????load" or for LDS folks who have peculiar expressions in the place of normal profanity, with more pointed terminology, "!!!!load" as Millsape encrypted it. In the never-ending quest for particular emphasis in language which the ignorant are subject to in lieu of higher forms of expression, these two precedents have been combined by the forklift operators to create the progressive leap past the unutterable "ton !!!!load" through "metric ton !!!!load" all the way to the sublime "metric !!!!load". With the added emphasis commonly known to forklift operators that a metric ton is 1000kg or 2200 lbs while an Imperial ton is only 2000 lbs.

There's been a lot of water under the bridge in defining the ounce, but it appears to be a settling reality that the regular Avoirdupois ounce and pound are the only remnants of the Avoidupois system, with a modern established definition of apporximately 28.35 grams, or one sixteenth of a pound, which is 453.6 grams, while the troy ounce will likely continue to be used in precious metal trade, defined as 31.1 gram. The British have officially progressed from their Imperial system to the metric system, making it illegal to trade on the basis of the former system. We also have a separate definition for the fluid oz at around 30 grams or 30cc of fluid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce
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Could you please state your answer in the form of a question?
 
babe said:
Here I am trying to "catch up" on threads in here during the middle of the night. . . . this whole "metric" load issue is painful for me to endure. . . . I can see nobody has a clue what they're talking about. Millsapa has appropriated a meaningful expression without understanding the meaning. Nobody else here seems to know the origins or meaning of the expression. I do. I have been all over the place in my time, always observant, always critical, always thinking about it all. It's from the vocabulary of the pidgin variety of English commonly spoken by forklift operators in warehouses. . . . well back when those guys used to speak English in the first place. . . .

"A ton" was a precedent expression. Something weighs "a ton" if it's heavy, usually very heavy. . . . . Another precedent expression was "????load" or for LDS folks who have peculiar expressions in the place of normal profanity, with more pointed terminology, "!!!!load" as Millsape encrypted it. In the never-ending quest for particular emphasis in language which the ignorant are subject to in lieu of higher forms of expression, these two precedents have been combined by the forklift operators to create the progressive leap past the unutterable "ton !!!!load" through "metric ton !!!!load" all the way to the sublime "metric !!!!load". With the added emphasis commonly known to forklift operators that a metric ton is 1000kg or 2200 lbs while an Imperial ton is only 2000 lbs.

There's been a lot of water under the bridge in defining the ounce, but it appears to be a settling reality that the regular Avoirdupois ounce and pound are the only remnants of the Avoidupois system, with a modern established definition of apporximately 28.35 grams, or one sixteenth of a pound, which is 453.6 grams, while the troy ounce will likely continue to be used in precious metal trade, defined as 31.1 gram. The British have officially progressed from their Imperial system to the metric system, making it illegal to trade on the basis of the former system. We also have a separate definition for the fluid oz at around 30 grams or 30cc of fluid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce
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Have you ever played Balderdash? I'd bet you would kick some *** in that game.
 
Why is it called Plastic Surgery?



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How exactly do they measure the effectiveness of breast implants?
 
Anyone else watch the Congo vs. Berry fight? I don't know when it happened, probably a while ago, but it had an awesome finish. Just watched it on VS.
 
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