random chitchat

[W.Petefish]

... whipped up a dangerous concoction of ice cream and vodka. Then he got some idiot to eat it.

...vodka...ice cream... yum.

 

[W.Petefish]

 

[roblab]

So, based on that little tid bit, I will stay the course and see how things pan out.

Thanks for that! You made me look up Tid Bit to see where it comes from. I have heard it several times lately, and wondered, as I also hear it "Titbit", which proves to be the original form. A "Tit" is a printer's mark meaning a letter was left out, like an apostrophe, and it means something little, or tiny. Like saying a "Tiny bit". Of course, in America, we have changed that to Tid, for whatever reason, possibly only puritanical.

Anyway, for all you who enjoy etymology, "There you go".

 

[Brian H]

HAHAHA - I just had a total brain fart. First time I read this I was thinking about the beer - not the record breaking authority. For a minute I thought Elon's prize was going to be a case of Guinness or something.

Actually, when he said Adam was a big fan of Guiness, I immediately envisaged him knocking back glasses of Irish stout, and thought, "That's one precocious 12-yr. old! Already taught how to drink and drive by his Dad!"

:scared::biggrin:

 

[Brian H]

Thanks for that! You made me look up Tid Bit to see where it comes from. I have heard it several times lately, and wondered, as I also hear it "Titbit", which proves to be the original form. A "Tit" is a printer's mark meaning a letter was left out, like an apostrophe, and it means something little, or tiny. Like saying a "Tiny bit". Of course, in America, we have changed that to Tid, for whatever reason, possibly only puritanical.

Anyway, for all you who enjoy etymology, "There you go".

Yeah. I think it's a mash-moosh of "tad", which fits perfectly on its own, and "tidbit" which is a small but tasty item. Plus maybe a hint of "wee bit" thrown in! The end result is kind of a verbal kluge, IMO.

 

[Brian H]

Nope. Maybe I should call and ask them if they are done and when they are going to send it ... he he he ...

Fun! See whether you got an irate or panicked call back after they check ... :cursing:→:scared:→:biggrin:

 

[Brian H]

... the navigation map showed me driving all over the fields ...

How did the car handle? What kind of Wh/mi. were you getting in the fields?

 

[Brian H]

My experience is that the that there seem to be more than one "4.0" release...

Bah. Such a replacement should be 4.1‼ Have they no respect for tradition?

 

[Brian H]

@ModelS1079 - Are you the first with the rear-facing jump seats? Or did you not order that option.

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I suspect he's opting for rear-facing front seats.

 

[Brian H]

...
For those that don't know, the big claim to fame was the special filter that created a perfectly contaminate free rinse, and the car would air dry to a perfect shine (no water spots) without any toweling off.

Just import some Vancouver tap water. It comes down off the mountains so fast it's super-soft. Though most don't know it, it's best to use pure soap cleaners as the phosphate softeners etc. in standard detergents are unnecessary here and leave residue. :smile:

 

[Brian H]

Is there a doctor in the house? Rhinoplasty specialist required.

 

[Brian H]

IBTRTNU
? :tongue:

 

[Brian H]

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Not really. WAG is a problem with one of the chips in the car (e.g. memory). But there could easily be other reasons.

Virus in the door unit infected the car?

 

[Brian H]

It could be, but are there that any instances of people getting in through something like this? It sounds like the urban legend of the guy hiding in the back seat of the car.

Or under the parcel shelf ... :scared::wink:

 

[Brian H]

....
(I'm 6 feet tall, but have a longer torso than legs.)

Ack! The giant dwarf model! Hard to accommodate.

 

[richkae]

Did you try their 'real' keyboard. They make two for the surface. One was a travel quality keyborad, was rigid and had buttons. I agree that the fabric weird touch based keyboard won't cut it.

I have not. I'll go try it sometime. ( Typing this with real keys on my laptop that is sitting on my lap )

 

[bonnie]

Well this just paid for itself ... GPS tracking of your pet. The dogs all got collar tracking devices in their Christmas stockings.

One of my dogs has learned how to navigate a culvert on the property. Within seconds of his escape, I received a text message telling me he was outside the perimeter. And then I calmly walked over to the neighbor's place, because the mapping app showed me exactly where he was and where he was heading. This was boatloads better than wandering around hoping to find him ... I highly recommend.

Advanced Dog GPS Tracking Systems | Tagg the Pet Tracker

 

[JRP3]

Pretty cool. This should be in the Dogs thread to inform other dog owners.

 

[TEG]

Too bad "Tesla" didn't have one of those:

Twitter / Search - #FindTesla

 

[Robert.Boston]

Neither the Surface nor the iPad are going to win me over as a primary computing platform. There simply isn't enough real estate on the screen, at reasonable magnifications, to allow me to do serious work -- writing long documents, designing / analyzing complex spreadsheets. Perhaps I'm in a minority, but I'd like to think that a significant portion of America's knowledge workers can usefully employ a serious screen backup up by a serious microprocessor -- and, therefore, by efficient batteries. As noted above, the 18650 remains the king of the power/price/size/weight combo.