The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Wu Wei]

Also, Beijing had officially made me old
On a crowded subway a young guy actually got up and gave this old geezer his seat

Got into tiantan park for free on the senior discount

Got into Hongluo temple at half price on a senior discount

They want identification to buy ticket, so i show then my passport, and all if a sudden I’m getting senior discounts

However there are another sign i’m old… last time i was in Tiantan park….. it was free for everyone to enter.

 

[Stevicus]

Let's have a square dance.

 

[Wu Wei]

i have said it many times this week….. i didn’t come all the way to China to eat měiguó fan

 

[ChristineM]

i have said it many times this week….. i didn’t come all the way to China to eat měiguó fan

Enjoy

 

[Stevicus]

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

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For me growing up, you could nix the walkman, atari, and color TV...

Edit: and for that matter, MTV didn't start until I was older...and we were lucky to have had cable access...

 

[Revoltingest]

@PoetPhilosopher is winning even when not here.

 

[Stevicus]

For me growing up, you could nix the walkman, atari, and color TV...

Edit: and for that matter, MTV didn't start until I was older...and we were lucky to have had cable access...

My dad grew up in the 1930s.

 

[Kathryn]

Hey, I want to be one of those kids. But not the one laying down.

 

[Kathryn]

OK so here's my random, meaningless announcement - I am actually doing some work today, just taking a break, because you know, I can. So I am.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[sun rise]

Well whadaya know… i have WiFi… in Beijing…. Google, yahoo and YouTube are blocked….. but RF isn’t

I'm tempted.

 

[sun rise]

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50's-60's child. - Flint chipping was in as was running naked in the tall grass.

 

[Kathryn]

I was a 1960s/1970s kid and I loved every bit of it. I especially loved riding my bike God only knows where to and for how long. I also remember meandering along in a flat bed boat, I couldn't have been more than 7 or 8, and I was looking up at all the ***** willows and thinking "This is the life." Which it was.

 

[Kathryn]

Hey, I also drove all around Europe in the 1990s and didn't have a GPS and used a map. Just a map. I was fine.

The Berlin Wall was down and I had lots of adventuring to do! I remember that I went east.

 

[sun rise]

The Berlin Wall was down

I remember "the end of history" was the meme then. We were wrong, WRONG WRONG

 

[Revoltingest]

I had to buy a new electrical multimeter.
Me old one was on the fritz.
It was cheap.
I bought a fancier one.
It's auto ranging, so the switch is much simpler.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I had to buy a new electrical multimeter.
Me old one was on the fritz.
It was cheap.
I bought a fancier one.
It's auto ranging, so the switch is much simpler.

I still don't know what most settings on those things are for. Nor did my robotics instructor.

 

[Revoltingest]

I still don't know what most settings on those things are for. Nor did my robotics instructor.

That multimeter doesn't look exactly like mine.
The symbols are standard on multimeters.
Buttons:
Backlight
Select

Switch:
DC voltage
AC voltage
Resistance
Temperature
Off
I don't have the manual printed off yet, so IDK
what Select & the rectifier & battery symbols are for.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

If I could find a good mentor I'd probably quit my job to focus on my own business. I've built a robot, I've read tough philosophy books, I can fix things amd have a welder to relearn that, I did a few freelance programing jobs in high school, I'm too talented and too intelligent and too good to keep getting held back.