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Send message Joined: 18 Oct 14 Posts: 1472 |
Rainfall around a quarter of an inch. That's not gonna do much for the drought or the fires. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15490 |
And again I lose a post due to the project being down. Sigh. It is also useful for once as I have now just discovered information I didn't have or knew before and can incorporate that into the post. :) |
Send message Joined: 18 Oct 14 Posts: 1472 |
Why does southern California have so many places beginning with San or Santa? The Spanish were the first Europeans to conquer and occupy it. |
Send message Joined: 23 Feb 08 Posts: 2466 |
Rainfall around a quarter of an inch. As of 10:00AM Local, 2.39 inches for the day at Los Angeles. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=KCQT @Chris, might be because the USA stole it in a war. We call it Southern California, it is really Califonia del Norte. And a welcome from El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles |
Send message Joined: 20 Oct 14 Posts: 168 |
Tomorrow shall be A Day without the Internets !! |
Send message Joined: 15 Jan 13 Posts: 766 |
Ah, so I now see. It was all to do with Alta California and the Viceroyalty of New Spain HQ'd in Mexico. Apparently San or Santa is Spanish for Saint, and like any other Spanish town they were named after a local Saint. e.g. The earliest Spanish explorers of the area were priests, so they named everyplace for saints. When they reached the bay, it was so beautiful they named it for their patron, Saint Francis. signature |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15490 |
You forget the fun lines after that: 18/09/2015 23:29:40 | SETI@home | Project requested delay of 3600 seconds 18/09/2015 23:29:40 | SETI@home | [sched_op] Deferring communication for 01:00:00 |
Send message Joined: 18 Feb 13 Posts: 1568 |
Looks like I missed the fun whilst I was away working OT. Explains why the crunchers' caches are a bit shy. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15490 |
Here I was hoping for a weekend off. Oh well. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15490 |
Not trying to figure out what the Doctor's episode meant? Spoilers: Clara dead? Missy dead? The TARDIS destroyed? /Spoilers When quoting this, make sure to remove the spoiler, or adjust the color to the background of the quote window. Background colour for a Quote is #f5fffa, like so: Spoilers: Clara dead? Missy dead? The TARDIS destroyed? /Spoilers |
Send message Joined: 18 Feb 13 Posts: 1568 |
Here I was hoping for a weekend off. Oh well. Sorry to disappoint... Enjoy yourselves. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15490 |
Anyone seen the termites from the ant-farm Annie brought in last week? I swear they were in it Saturday when I last checked. |
Send message Joined: 12 Jul 14 Posts: 656 |
Anyone seen the termites from the ant-farm Annie brought in last week? I swear they were in it Saturday when I last checked. *anxious charge into thread* I do hope no one has vacuumed. They don't like that, they really don't... they'll turn up when all the wood and stuff has been processed though... so if we could hold off till then...? :) |
Send message Joined: 1 Oct 12 Posts: 90 |
And down... |
Send message Joined: 18 Feb 13 Posts: 1568 |
And Seti is down..... Whilst the kitties watch the termites swirl around and around in the cyclonic vacuum cleaner................. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15490 |
the cyclonic vacuum cleaner................. Didn't know we had one. Someone being lazy again? |
Send message Joined: 8 Aug 14 Posts: 135 |
Always considered such test worthless. Maybe they work for some of the population but they certainly don't work for all of the population. I can point to my own family as individuals who these test are worthless. One time might be unusual. 4 times is a pattern. I've also met others who these test never place them even into the average intelligence. You'd be surprised to found out what professions they hold. So always question any of those tests |
Send message Joined: 20 Oct 14 Posts: 168 |
I firmly believe that we could not have a cat if we didn't own a Dyson! edit: I was going to have my IQ tested, but I left it at home... |
Send message Joined: 7 Sep 08 Posts: 99 |
I firmly believe that we could not We have solved that issue by having a cat the same colour as our carpet. |
Send message Joined: 12 Jul 14 Posts: 656 |
And Seti is down..... o 0 o o O ahem...* Moving on :) We have solved that issue by having a cat the same colour as our carpet. Matching clothes to a moult is good too :) Re IQ's I think measuring how someone might be clever or intelligent would be a better of way of establishing where their strengths and talents lie. Too often IQ tests are used to do the precise opposite, to everyone's cost... in my opinion :) *edit: the vacuum cleaner is now toast - shame it happened first time it was used, but never mind :) |
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