Dusty Chalk Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 It's an "other side of the pond" thing -- they call supper* there, "tea". *Well, actually, we have no equivalent, but it's that small meal between lunch and dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melomaniac Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 after breakfast and workout, painted a bit of the living room. weathered a stupendous downpour (el nino again!) with doors open so the paint fumes could clear. blasted some bach organ pieces for that. a short burst of gaming (GRAW), then started marinating the pork for dinner. went for thai lunch, yum. couple more hours of work (yeah, I know, defiling MLK day but it has to be done). spun a few more CDs (from the "111 years of deutsche grammophon" box collection of 55 discs) while browsing the web a bit, now back to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Down here they call lunch dinner and dinner supper. That drives me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Down here they call lunch dinner and dinner supper. That drives me crazy. I didn't ever hear that in Texas, but it definitely is a southern thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryBomb Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Went to work, by 10 am I found about 15 different mistakes made by the secretary, went home, got drunk and sang some Johnny Cash songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 ...Oh yeah, and cut myself shaving for the first time in as long as I can remember. Humbug. Were you sober? If so, my fiend, I believe we may have stumbled upon the problem. Have a pint with the blade... you know, to take the edge off. **BRENT** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Down here they call lunch dinner and dinner supper. That drives me crazy. Hmm, nobody I know says that. Of course, I don't know many people here who were actually raised in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Were you sober? If so, my fiend, I believe we may have stumbled upon the problem. Have a pint with the blade... you know, to take the edge off. **BRENT** I'm going to remember that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hmm, nobody I know says that. Of course, I don't know many people here who were actually raised in Texas. Believe it or not the short 4 hour drive to Houston is like visiting another world. While the town I live in is fairly affluent, the neighboring towns that service this community are near third world. The only place I've met more Bubbas was East Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Got up and did 1:20 on the bike with 45min at 95+ rpm at the pedal and HR just below LT. Damn that's one way to kickstart your body in the morning. I then went to McD's for breakfast and ate slightly fewer calories than I burned Then I went to work Looks like another (relatively) nice day for a ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_hankins Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Just got in from work and getting ready to head to Audio Alternative and buy some new records. Listening to music all day after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I survived an earthquake today! All of 5.8 and some 70 miles from my house. It lasted all of 2 seconds, but was still kind of a weird feeling. M5.8 – Cayman Islands Region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloaudio Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Sick. Stayed at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Believe it or not the short 4 hour drive to Houston is like visiting another world. While the town I live in is fairly affluent, the neighboring towns that service this community are near third world. The only place I've met more Bubbas was East Texas. Note to self: I must remember to put up the shotgun rack on the Accord before visiting Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I survived an earthquake today! All of 5.8 and some 70 miles from my house. It lasted all of 2 seconds, but was still kind of a weird feeling. [url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010rrbc/us/index.html]M5.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Well the in office work day is over but I'll be honest and say I wasted most of it (don't tell my boss). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Spent the day at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at the top of the hill at UC Berkeley - that was great! Then I decided to walk down the hill to get a good coffee (and was sure I could "beat the rain"). However, half way down, I was caught in a nice big hail/rainstorm and spent 45 minutes at the Botanical Gardens gift store waiting out the storm. I did finally get a coffee and a lovely rainbow to go along with it though. Overall, a pretty good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Spent the day in meetings going from one crisis to another, wondering how we manage to stay in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Spent the day at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at the top of the hill at UC Berkeley - that was great! I bet you're a hit at parties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 I bet you're a hit at parties She at least reacts well to being woken up by a large group of drunks outside her hotel room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloaudio Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Spent the day in meetings going from one crisis to another, wondering how we manage to stay in business. You just described my daily work routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) I bet you're a hit at parties Hmm, I think that might be a slam. She at least reacts well to being woken up by a large group of drunks outside her hotel room Years of training from hanging out with Scottish mathematicians. Edited January 20, 2010 by shellylh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nattonrice Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 My solution is to tell people that I work in some office job... it takes 1 min to lie vs 25min to tell the truth. My drinking time is too precious =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hmm, I think that might be a slam. Just a good natured ribbing. I'm in biomedical research, and rather dislike talking about my work at most social occasions. People's eyes just glaze over. I can only imagine it is much, much worse for mathematics research...... My solution is to tell people that I work in some office job... it takes 1 min to lie vs 25min to tell the truth. My drinking time is too precious =P That's the spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Eek, wtf is with you island folks lately? Glad to hear that you're ok, was it off the coast a bit? Yup, it was 52 miles off of the East End of Grand Cayman (which is about 70 miles from where I live) and located 6.2 miles down. What I'm learning now is that a 5.8 earthquake is nothing to laugh about! The Haiti earthquake was a 7.0 and located 6.0 miles underground. But it was centered just 10 miles from Port au Prince. All of this leads me to believe that we were extremely lucky! Had this quake come a little closer it could have caused some serious damage. About the only damage in Cayman that I've heard of was a 28' diameter sinkhole that occurred at an apartment complex on the seashore (see pic). SinkHole Caused By Earthquake In Cayman Is. - CNN iReport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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