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    Quote Originally Posted by TRASH101 View Post
    I assume the passengers and crew can swim?
    Can the boat be repaired ?

    If you answer no to both of the above you were ill prepared for a trip on a raging river.

    Forgot to mention the rescue chopper flying overhead, didn't I?


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    Quote Originally Posted by TRASH101 View Post
    I assume the passengers and crew can swim?
    Can the boat be repaired ?

    If you answer no to both of the above you were ill prepared for a trip on a raging river.


    Now you know you shouldn't assume ..... as it has been written that assumption is the mother of all F**** ups

    Can the boat be fixed? ...well of course it probably can ...if you have the materials and skill and time available. . .. are there any rapids further down the river ?

    Do we jump or stay with the boat?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DTLarca View Post
    If I traveled 100 miles in 3 days and I wanted to know how many miles per hour that was then

    100/3/72/3 = 100/3 x 3/72 = 1.389 miles per hour

    Because I am using the right convention I do not have to go through the hassle of converting the 72 hours in the 3 days traveled to 24 hours in just one of the 3 days traveled. But if I wanted to I could have and still got the correct answer.

    With the "popular" method I will only get the right answer if remember to see to it that there is a 1 somewhere in the hours per day section.
    Or how about 100/3/24=1.38 mph. But that only gives you an average speed travelled, it doesn't give you the lowest or highest speeds or the amount of time you stopped. Other variables may include the following parameters and protocols.

    You may have been walking up and down hills, waiting at pelican crossings (120 secs), waiting for the ferry or for "st Christopher" at peak times to shoulder back you across a torrent river (3600 secs), catching sheep to run over a minefield so you can walk across it safely (after you've sh*gged them of course(and doing this you would probably run back and forth clocking up more distance which you'd more than likely forget to include as a variable)) (7200; 18000 secs), bribing the immigration and border patrols to let you carry on walking in your fake Timberland boots (7200 secs), convincing the chuck wagon that you'll pay them for your spam and egg sandwich the next time you pass this way (600 secs), having a good dump or a slash or both ( 120;1200 secs, finding and reading a few wank mags (and maybe some adjusting some other parameter whilst reading them) 600;1800 secs, being chased by a bull or a wasp (in which case you might gain on any time you may have lost whilst performing some of the latter (providing your running in the right direction of course)). To name a few.

    It would be interesting to see what the equation might look like with the addition of the above correction factors?

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    Quote Originally Posted by desA View Post
    @ Marc (no malice intended in any shape, or form):

    Arrogant people generally have an incredible number of blind spots. Their apparent extrovert nature is often a cover for an extremely insecure, hurting inner person. Empty vessels also seem to make the most noise.

    My take on RE is one of a community of jolly decent, helpful contributors. It's like we are all in a boat in the middle of a huge raging river - trying to survive. I have found the kind contributions from so many members to be incredibly generous & these have helped my own developments in the RHVAC industry tremendously. Their patience & depth of experience, have been very much appreciated.

    If you remember back to your early days as DTLarca, your posts were great. Very informative & made a good read. Slowly you began to introduce the great 'I am' into your posts, until the point at which we are now - where everything seems to be about you & your prowess over others. This is meaningless & makes you a target. Judging from my own feeling & the comments of others, you are beginning to make others uncomfortable.

    Wouldn't you like to chill a little & go back to your wise self? This is a refrigeration forum, after all.
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    You have no idea what the o'brien is like, but i give you credit for being one of the first new members to spot where this is going. this is getting on for 2005/6 all over again.
    I will limit my comments to that, as i promised one of the Moderators I would do so.

    Edit, Apologies to everyone else who has twigged what is going on, i have not just singled-out desA for recognition, regards to all. You know who you are.
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    Row row row our boat, gentley down the stream, merrly merrly merrly merrly live is but a dream....well....its a dream world where that bollicks with the bear avatar lives anyway. I change my mind. I think the dream boy should be encorouged. We need to understand him, let him nurture us. We need to be more accepting and caring of schpecial people

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    I thought I'd bump this thread again....well, because, you know.....I miss it. No no, I really do. There must be more of you out there that miss it too. Although i do see there is another thread, involving you know who....wink wink, that has drawn some attention. I mean the man has to be admired for is abilty to type so so many words. That in itself is a feat to be revered!!. Let alone all the proper punctuation, paragraphing, references etc. truly, truly astonishing. Come now...don't be bashfull. Some of you are with me. Surely. Aministrators!! please can we have section dedicated to Black Bears? Please please please, pretty please even?? I implore you, men of greatness. We will be so so so better off. Life will even be worth living!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goober View Post
    I thought I'd bump this thread again....well, because, you know.....I miss it. No no, I really do. There must be more of you out there that miss it too. Although i do see there is another thread, involving you know who....wink wink, that has drawn some attention. I mean the man has to be admired for is abilty to type so so many words. That in itself is a feat to be revered!!. Let alone all the proper punctuation, paragraphing, references etc. truly, truly astonishing. Come now...don't be bashfull. Some of you are with me. Surely. Aministrators!! please can we have section dedicated to Black Bears? Please please please, pretty please even?? I implore you, men of greatness. We will be so so so better off. Life will even be worth living!!!!
    Goober, do you mean like... reading a book thats really quite drawn out but is laced with juicy bits to keep you interested?
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    And we're off and racing now..........

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    Good on ya Goober,,,,where's Yogi?
    Remember we are here for a good time, not a long time.
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    And so the saga continues,
    Just when you thought it was safe to back on RE...
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    I like the green bottles.
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    They actually meant yellow brick road

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goober View Post
    I thought I'd bump this thread again....well, because, you know.....I miss it. No no, I really do. There must be more of you out there that miss it too. Although i do see there is another thread, involving you know who....wink wink, that has drawn some attention. I mean the man has to be admired for is abilty to type so so many words. That in itself is a feat to be revered!!. Let alone all the proper punctuation, paragraphing, references etc. truly, truly astonishing. Come now...don't be bashfull. Some of you are with me. Surely. Aministrators!! please can we have section dedicated to Black Bears? Please please please, pretty please even?? I implore you, men of greatness. We will be so so so better off. Life will even be worth living!!!!
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    Back in the day in my little home town, the circus used to come to town and set up. They had Tigers and Elephants in the circus in those days. The tigers would go from their gages to the Big Top through a gage type tunnel. We used to wait for them to come out and poke them with sticks as they went passed. Scared the s**t out of us but great fun. Untill the Ringmaster caught us and beat the crap out of us. So yep! I like to poke things, now I especially like to poke Bears, Big Black Bears!

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    Hey we used BODMAS in Canada

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    BODMAS is British - the Americans do not use it in their schools. I wonder if they are actually doing the better thing?

    see above comment: I still cannot figure out out to do quotes correctly

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    Quote Originally Posted by desA View Post
    Why? What significance?

    Homer had trouble with this one as well

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    think this one is dead and I am way off......BEER is needed NOW

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeHolm View Post
    I still cannot figure out out to do quotes correctly
    Hi Mike

    When you want to reply to a post, click on the "Quote" button on the bottom R/H side of the particular post.

    A window will then open up and show you the post inside of square brackets. This is the original post and you can edit/delete anything inside of the square brackets that is not relevant to what you want to reply to.

    Next, type your reply below this quote and click on either "preview" or "submit"


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    Testing quotes, testing

    1/"^2 =? (1/")*(1/")

    1/"^2 =? (1/")*(1/")
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    Quote Originally Posted by desA View Post
    Testing quotes, testing

    1/"^2 =? (1/")*(1/")


    Duh...youse guys is so smart......

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    Quote Originally Posted by desA View Post
    Testing quotes, testing

    1/"^2 =? (1/")*(1/")
    By accident 1/n² is the same as 1²/n² is the same as (1/n)²
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    Quote Originally Posted by DTLarca View Post
    By accident 1/n² is the same as 1²/n² is the same as (1/n)²
    Therefore it can't be that 1/"^2 =? (1/")*(1/")

    For instance 2/2² = 2/4 = 0.5

    But according to your rule

    2/2² can also be 2/2 x 2/2

    But 2/2 x 2/2 = 1

    And not 0.5
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    1 1 was a racehorse
    2 2 was 1 2
    1 1 1 1 race
    & 2 2 1 1 2
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    Quote Originally Posted by desA View Post
    1 1 was a racehorse
    2 2 was 1 2
    1 1 1 1 race
    & 2 2 1 1 2
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    Lol... 2 2
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    Re: 1/2²

    Speaking about mathematics ... small lesson about percentage...


    What Makes 100%?

    What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

    Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

    We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over
    100%. How about achieving 103%?

    What makes up 100% in life?


    Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

    If:
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T
    U V W X Y Z

    is represented as:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
    14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

    Then:


    H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
    8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%


    and



    K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
    11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%


    But,


    A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

    1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%


    And,


    B-U-L-L-*-*-*-*

    2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

    AND , look how far ass kissing will take you.

    A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G

    1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

    So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:


    While HARD WORK and KNOWLEDGE will get you close,
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    Bull****
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    Ass Kissing
    that will put you over the top.

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    Very good Josip
    But did you know that 3 out of 2 people don't understand fractions.
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    The average married couple has 2.2 kids, the car manufactures produce car that best suit the average.
    I have been lucky i have 3 full kids, no wonder they complain about being short of space in the back of the car.

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    I believe you'll like this even more... how to express your professionalism ... within 8 jpg files ..


    Best regards, Josip
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    Don't ever underestimate the power of stupid people when they are in large groups.

    Please, don't teach me how to be stupid....
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    Josip, thats the winner, the black bear should love that one!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mad fridgie View Post
    The average married couple has 2.2 kids, the car manufactures produce car that best suit the average.
    I have been lucky i have 3 full kids, no wonder they complain about being short of space in the back of the car.
    The average human has 1 tit and one testical
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    Quote Originally Posted by DTLarca View Post
    The average human has 1 tit and one testical
    Cryptic at best, would that be in the first trimester before fetal development, or is that based on todays averages of 1/2 persons per family?
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    oh no Yogi smells something to chew on
    Remember we are here for a good time, not a long time.
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    Now we know where the bears study... LOL... Jossip rules!!!
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