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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    I just figured out that Fußball is not the same as Football.  Fußball doesn't mean the same thing as Football.

    Football is the same thing as what we call football here.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,837
    edited July 21

    ...in the UK it's often referred to as "footie".(also spelled "footy").

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,597

    Sfariah D said:

    I just figured out that Fußball is not the same as Football.  Fußball doesn't mean the same thing as Football.

    Football is the same thing as what we call football here.

    Fußball IS the same as Football, if you're not American.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072
    edited July 21

    TJohn said:

    The Roman's had curcurbitas which were types of edible gourds, but pumpkins didn't reach Europe until after Columbus made his first voyage to the"New World".

    So Gladiator 2 should have had a gourd farmer, which would have been accurate.

    Although the first Gladiator had that scene where they were watching television, but I may be thinking of a different movie altogether. 

    Well, there was a skit from the original Monty Python TV series, where Mr & Mrs Genghis Khan were watching TV when their two teenish boy & girl barbarians walk into a 1960's living room.  Or perhaps it was that the family of barbarians was sitting on the couch and Mr. Khan walks in tired from a tough day barbarianing?  Memory is a funny thing.indecision  Need to find the original.  I did a quick YouTube search, no luck.  However, I know I've got it on DVD as a set of all the Monty Python TV series so it's just a matter of caring enough to go through the process of searching DVDs.  We're so impatient these days, we'd like to just type in what we want and have the machine go through the steps while we slip back to less august activities. smiley

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    I decided to do my research about fresh pet.  Apparently there is a type of fresh pet that is worth meowing for.  I think it is sold at Petsmart or PetCo.  I don't know how much it costs though.

  • NylonGirlNylonGirl Posts: 2,196
    My family basically mourned the loss of Theo Huxtable today.
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,837

    ..jusr saw the story about on the evening news.  Very sad...

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072
    edited July 22

    Complaint:  Arghhh....angry I just spent the last two hours trying to resolve an e-mail problem between Microsoft, Google, Gmail, and PayPal.crying  I run Microsoft Outlook 2019 as my local e-mail app on my primary Win10 system (no cloud nonsense for me). And have spent years creating filters and categories for Outlook so that I very rarely get any spam.smiley  I have several email accounts all over the spectrum and I can read them all via Outlook 2019 just fine.  UNTIL two days ago when it up and refused to connect to my ".gmail" account.surprise  I paid lots of cash for a legal copy of Outlook, I ain't a-gonna abandon it for something newer and cloudish even if it is free.cheeky

    A while back I got some notices from Microsoft indicating that there would be some changes with Outlook regarding not being able to login in via some less secure mechanism anymore.  I didn't think it applied to me.  And when the deadline date came and went I figured I was safe.indecision  

    Now mind you, I don't get much email at all via the ".gmail" account but it was connected to PayPal and YouTube for minor media purchase transactions, and things were boogering up with my entertainment access.sad

    What a convoluted, bizzare, frustrating, tortuous, journey I've had trying to figure out what was wrong.  But two hours later, it's solved but I have no idea what the actual fix was.frown  I was able to demonstrate that the problem was on my end, not theirs.  It had something to do with IMAP access.  I poked at enough "Reset", and "Fix" buttons, and stirred the pot of Google and Outlook, and Microsoft settings until the brew gelled.  But I have no idea why it had gone bonkers all of a sudden.frown

    Regardless, I now can get access to my ".gmail" account via my Outlook 2019.yes  And PayPal and YouTube seem to be working for me again.  So, yay?indecision

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,861

    Both Google and Microsoft moved to requiring OAuth2 as the sign-in method, and sent warnings about the need to switch or upgrade if using less secure applications or methods. I suspect that is the email you recall.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072

    Richard Haseltine said:

    Both Google and Microsoft moved to requiring OAuth2 as the sign-in method, and sent warnings about the need to switch or upgrade if using less secure applications or methods. I suspect that is the email you recall.

    Hmmm..., OK.  More clues.  Perhaps I'll figure it out someday.indecision  Thanks. 

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072
    edited July 22

    Found it:  In reference to barbarians in the 20th century, I found the Monty Python skit I mentioned above.  Memory is so very fickle.  It wasn't Ghengis Khan, it was Atilla the Hun in a skit called "The Atilla The Hun Show"  And the dad came in first exclaiming "I'm home!".  He's met by Mrs. Hun, then the two teens come in.  So very stupid and politically incorrect, but it was the '60s, in England, by the Pythons so are we surprised?frown

     

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    I was thinking of the show Enterprise.  From what I understand, the actors who protrayed Porthos were treated like dogs.  They didn't seem to mind.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,837
    edited July 23

    ...I liked that series until they brought in that ridiculous Temporal Cold War plot.. 

    They needed leave temporal matters experts like "The Doctor" and Project Tic-Toc team.

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  • AgitatedRiotAgitatedRiot Posts: 4,577

    LeatherGryphon said:

    TJohn said:

    The Roman's had curcurbitas which were types of edible gourds, but pumpkins didn't reach Europe until after Columbus made his first voyage to the"New World".

    So Gladiator 2 should have had a gourd farmer, which would have been accurate.

    Although the first Gladiator had that scene where they were watching television, but I may be thinking of a different movie altogether. 

    Well, there was a skit from the original Monty Python TV series, where Mr & Mrs Genghis Khan were watching TV when their two teenish boy & girl barbarians walk into a 1960's living room.  Or perhaps it was that the family of barbarians was sitting on the couch and Mr. Khan walks in tired from a tough day barbarianing?  Memory is a funny thing.indecision  Need to find the original.  I did a quick YouTube search, no luck.  However, I know I've got it on DVD as a set of all the Monty Python TV series so it's just a matter of caring enough to go through the process of searching DVDs.  We're so impatient these days, we'd like to just type in what we want and have the machine go through the steps while we slip back to less august activities. smiley

    Title: Keeping Up with the Khans

    Scene: The Khan Yurt – Somewhere in the Mongolian Steppe

    Mrs. Khan (fuming): Genghis! You left your war plans on the dinner table again! I nearly seasoned the goat stew with your siege diagrams!

    Genghis (absently): Hmm? Oh, those? That’s just the layout for tomorrow’s invasion. Pass the fermented mare’s milk, would you?

    Mrs. Khan: I swear, one more campaign without warning, and I’m taking the children to my mother’s camp. She never tried to conquer the world—just the embroidery tent.

    Genghis: But darling, I am building a legacy! A vast empire!

    Mrs. Khan: Legacy? The only legacy you’re leaving is muddy boots and endless maps! And don’t even get me started on your “horses in the house” policy.

    (Door flap bursts open—Teenage son stomps in.) Son: Ugh! Why can't we pillage less and chill more?

    Genghis (proudly): That’s my boy! Already questioning the status quo.

     

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072
    edited July 23

    Non-complaint:  Free Internet upgrade.  Got a letter from my phone/ISP saying that my DSL copper, 2-line, landline & Internet connection must be upgraded to fiber.cool  I'm currently getting 100M download service, and the new fiber service free upgrade (plus free installation) will be a 300M download service.  Wheee, a bigger pipe.yes  Not that I really need it, I'm currently quite satisfied with the 100M service.  But bigger pipe means more temptation to go bigger consumption, and we all know that America is all about consumption.  Perhaps this is the nudge to reconsider a 4K TV.indecision  But not right now.  I'm still rearranging my beans to cover my recent indulgences.frown

    Non-complaint:  Nephew wedding soon:  I think I'm all prepared, got the card, gift all managed, clothes been purchased, ride to/from been arranged.  Ceremony outdoors, top of hill overlooking rolling hills of Western NY State.  Although, weather still not negotiated for week from Saturday, but I'm still working on that.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,861

    kyoto kid said:

    ...I liked that series until they brought in that ridiculous Temporal Cold War plot.. 

    They needed leave temporal matters experts like "The Doctor" and Project Tic-Toc team.

    Wasn't that in the first episode?

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    I loved that Porthos character.  He reminded me of a good dog.  I never had a beagle though.  I think they are good dogs.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072
    edited July 23

    Richard Haseltine said:

    kyoto kid said:

    ...I liked that series until they brought in that ridiculous Temporal Cold War plot.. 

    They needed leave temporal matters experts like "The Doctor" and Project Tic-Toc team.

    Wasn't that in the first episode?

    I don't exactly trust my memory but yeah.  Well, at least the Suliban were involved in that first episode (at least I think they were) and they were part of the whole time war thing.  Perhaps that was KKs point?  But the show lost me in the third season when they introduced the alien nazis time shift, reality change schtick.

    My thoughts on reality shifting plots is that if you believe in infinite multi-universes, then if you find yourself in a new universe there is no way in hell you're going to get yourself back to the original one.cheeky

    However, my thoughts on multi-universes in general, is that they don't exist.enlightened  We only have one, and upon deep introspection, even this one is iffy, but it is visible (depending on what you mean by "visible")  from infinite points of view.  Multi-universe thinking is so last-century.indecision

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  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    This is one of the 3 pans I got from a buy nothing group.  I think I got the hot dogs either from Walmart or Food Lion.  Can't remember where I got the baked beans.

    The baked beans were Bush's.  The hot dogs were Oscar Mayer's all beef hot dogs.

    I plan to eat my food and like it!

     

    I saw my mum today.  We went to Walgreens.  I was 6 cents short of the total for my photos and xyrtec.  I gave my mum a photo of myself from the batch of photos I got printed.  Over all a good day.

    Complaint: Walgreens brand Zyrtec is expensive it seems, but it seems to work for me.

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,597

    kyoto kid said:

    ...I liked that series until they brought in that ridiculous Temporal Cold War plot.. 

    They needed leave temporal matters experts like "The Doctor" and Project Tic-Toc team.

    I'm pretty strongly prejudiced against time travel plots in general.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    I forgot to tell my mum what to do with the cans of cat food.

     

    I'm trying to finish a particular episode of strange new worlds but I keep getting interrupted.  Why?  I wish I knew.

  • miladyderyni_173d399f47miladyderyni_173d399f47 Posts: 2,395

    The Never-ending Complaint: That's what it's feeling like. We have yet to get car replaced. We HAD found a replacement but "First Annoyance Bank" (a pseudonym) first told us we were approved for the loan amount dealer wanted, then fussed about a (possibly non-existent) title issue. That was easily resolved, then Bank all of a sudden decided they were only going to loan us $1500 less. So now the car we wanted is sold, and we are waiting to hear if Bank deigns to approve our second choice at its price.

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    I made a small change to my keyboard.  It is almost like the old version but the z and y got swapped.

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,077
    edited July 24
    Ha ha. Many years ago, in 1990, I helped sabotage an annoying stress engineer's DOS Amstrad PPC512 laptop. Three of us wrote a keyboard character reassignment batch file for every key and loaded it on his laptop. For 15 minutes it was funny, then we relented and loaded the original back on. Regards, Richard.
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  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072

    Weather blues:  Arghhhh..., it's a 90s day.  Temperature 90F, humidity 90%.sad

  • TSasha SmithTSasha Smith Posts: 27,231

    I asked an ai app to create a fierce companion with fangs and retractable claws.  They generated this image.  Such a great mum to her babies.  She is trying to teach them how to be a good mouser.

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  • SilverGirlSilverGirl Posts: 2,760

    Complaint: Corn sweat season sucks. When it's not even dawn and not only are my windows all fogged/condensed over, but it's also starting to drip down...

    ...and now the air quality sucks on top of it (Canadian wildfire smoke).

    Also, heat advisory again today. 

    Non-complaint: Although we definitely got the severe weather that was predicted yesterday, the tornadoes and hail portion never materialized. Also, Little Dude is laughing his rear end off at some fifteen-second video clip. In Spanish. I'm not thrilled about the Spanish because I'm still working on getting him to speak English, and the fifteen seconds on repeat is boring a hole into my brain... but he's happy. Considering this is day number two without a walk, things could be a lot worse. I'll gladly take this brand of torture over him feeling like his world coming apart. (I do wish the PBS Kids video app had parental controls, though. I am thrilled that there are non-English options for the kids who would benefit, but wow is it counter-productive in our case. And also there are a couple shows that are Caillou levels of awful. I don't care if they were based on books, the books were horrid as well.)

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,837
    edited July 26

    ...the worst of the fire season here will is yet to happen .  It usually begins around mid August and goes into September. There currently is a 10,000 acre wildfire burning east of here near Lyle (Washington) that is still uncontained.

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,339

    Sfariah D said:

    I loved that Porthos character.  He reminded me of a good dog.  I never had a beagle though.  I think they are good dogs.

    I've had several beagles. Each had its own personality, of course, but all of them were good dogs. One was especially devoted to me, so he is a fonder memory. smiley

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 12,072
    edited July 25

    kyoto kid said:

    ...the worst of the tire season here will is yet to happen .  It usually begins around mid August and goes into September. There currently is a 10,000 acre wildfire burning east of here near Lyle (Washington) that is still uncontained.

    How long are tires in season?   Will the wildfire affect the tire breeding grounds?

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