Ultimate Steve Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, Delay said: So I actually haven't been doing as bad as I thought, then? I agree with @MDZhB, You are doing well. I actually didn't get that you were ESL until you said something about it. Most of those words you should learn sometime but there's a lot that you probably won't need even if you learn them. I have been on this Earth 16 years, all but 3 weeks in the US and I have not needed to use the word Antechamber in an actual conversation once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Earlier today, while at breakfast, I had one of those moments... For many of you older, like me, remember how every Saturday evening we'd watch the National Geographic series of Jacques Cousteau? And if you remember, his ship, the Calypso, literally sailed all over the world, bringing the vastness and excitement of ocean exploration to our living rooms. Many of the young people in this forum have grown up in a world where they do not know who he is or the stories his ship told us for nearly 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, adsii1970 said: For many of you older, like me, remember how every Saturday evening we'd watch the National Geographic series of Jacques Cousteau? All the geezers in the house say “hooooooooh my aching back!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: All the geezers in the house say “hooooooooh my aching back!” Yeah, but I never missed an episode! So much better than crappy reality television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 5 hours ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: I don't think you should feel bad about not knowing those. Most of them are synonyms or less common ways of saying something. In many ways English doesn't have a concrete "formal" or "high-brow" vocabulary, rather it has many ways of saying things, and some people choose to use less common ones to be more precise. I would not have known you were not a native speaker of English at all. This. I like having a large vocabulary in order to articulate my thoughts with greater precision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 51 minutes ago, cubinator said: This. I like having a large vocabulary in order to articulate my thoughts with greater precision. I use big words to make myself sound more photosynthesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerAerospace Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Just now, Ultimate Steve said: I use big words to make myself sound more photosynthesis. excellent chloroplasts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 minute ago, RoadRunnerAerospace said: excellent chloroplasts Thank you for that mitochondria, I'll make sure to remember that for my Golgi apparatus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerAerospace Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Ultimate Steve said: Thank you for that mitochondria, I'll make sure to remember that for my Golgi apparatus. uuuuuuuuuuhTHE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaturnianBlue Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 hour ago, RoadRunnerAerospace said: uuuuuuuuuuhTHE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL But... Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said: I use big words to make myself sound more photosynthesis. -thetic. #GrammarPedant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Getting drunk so I don't have to worry about money and politics, how was your day ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minmus Derp Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Lalalalalalalala! I was sleeping, and then woke up, and threw up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 My life is now one hundred percent better now that I have found this video. I bet it even cures Cancer, Alzheimer's, and Autism! It's 'can I get a sausage and muchroom pizza said in several North Eastern dialects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piatzin Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Went biking around the countryside with my dad yesterday. Saw 28 Teslas and about twenty other electric cars (non-Tesla) in the span of about two hours (I know that in some places this isn't much but this is the first time I live in an area where the density of electric cars is so high) On 8/19/2018 at 3:48 PM, The Minmus Derp said: Lalalalalalalala! I was sleeping, and then woke up, and threw up. (O)_(O) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Spoiler 42 minutes ago, Earthlinger said: biking around 42 minutes ago, Earthlinger said: 28 Teslas and about twenty other electric cars Haven't you done 28 turns around a hill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piatzin Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 31 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: Haven't you done 28 turns around a hill? No -__- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Earthlinger said: Went biking around the countryside with my dad yesterday. Saw 28 Teslas and about twenty other electric cars (non-Tesla) in the span of about two hours (I know that in some places this isn't much but this is the first time I live in an area where the density of electric cars is so high) I saw my second ever Tesla yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I probably see at least as many Teslas as Porsches, probably more, actually. Fewer than... Rovers (which are still not hugely common to see). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Welp, not really funny, probably not that interesting, either. Once again, the whole south end of my island is without power (about 13k homes) while the power company makes a permanent fix to whatever broke the last time. Gonna be out for a few hours, probably. On a Monday night. When people need their alarms to go off so they can get up for work the next morning. So here I sit, reading my iPad by candlelight, wondering if it’s actually going to be three hours or I should just go hook the gennie up. Nope, battery backups are dying one by one, generator time. Now, with the surrounding few square miles pitch black, it would be an awesome night for stargazing... except it’s so smokey out it looks like something out of The Mist (in daylight) and I can’t see a single flarping Star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Crap's on fire, yo: Check. Outside is like the brimstone-choked sulferous lower intestine of hell: Check. Moon red as blood: Check. Crap. I think it's the Apocalypse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/21/2018 at 3:43 AM, CatastrophicFailure said: So here I sit, reading my iPad by candlelight Why would you need the candle light? The iPad already produces light doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) 1 minute ago, qzgy said: Why would you need the candle light? The iPad already produces light doesn't it? Maybe he is powering iPad with a candle. (Also he just wrote that he is reading iPad, not that iPad is charged and switched on) Edited August 23, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 22 minutes ago, qzgy said: Why would you need the candle light? The iPad already produces light doesn't it? Ámbiénce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Ámbiénce. Sure why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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