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Post by pinkie on Jan 1, 2018 10:05:36 GMT
Bonne année à tous
Just woken up from the village "do" in which we failed to avoid being picked for the balloon inflation game
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Post by pinkie on Dec 30, 2017 18:06:33 GMT
I was about to moan about how moderation, of the sharp scalpel variety, ruins threads by becoming a fan dance tease. I'd rather the thread was deleted. Then I decided it. I assume this is triggers broom.
Personally I am very happy with all my mods . Which is almost certainly because I didn't make them,but let people who know what they are doing.
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Post by pinkie on Dec 27, 2017 7:08:25 GMT
How do you hire a horse? Stand it on four bricks. What sort of cheese do you use to hide a horse? Mascarpone!
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Post by pinkie on Dec 26, 2017 6:54:45 GMT
Q. What sort of cough sweets does Dracula take? A. Con lozenges. I kid you not. That's what it said. Very old stock. That typo was doing the rounds a few years ago. I think the consensus was it should be 'coffin lozenges"
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Post by pinkie on Dec 25, 2017 17:57:05 GMT
What was Beethovens favourite fruit?
Ban Ann Ann are
(You need the rhythm )
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Post by pinkie on Dec 25, 2017 15:17:40 GMT
Echoes
The Christmas present from Mrs pinkie
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Post by pinkie on Dec 25, 2017 14:39:38 GMT
With no modesty probably the best Christmas dinner I've cooked. Mindful of Chris post , a tad extravagant given sues boys couldn't make it at the last minute. New secret ingredient in the gravy was wild thyme from the lawn
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Post by pinkie on Dec 24, 2017 21:47:38 GMT
It's always good to remember those less fortunate. Particularly at this time of year
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Post by pinkie on Dec 24, 2017 18:04:33 GMT
Well someone was going to do it
So, firstly, Merry Christmas everyone.
But in a world that seems to have so much negativity It would be nice to have a thread of positive happy news at Christmas.
Comfortably trumping my personal happiness now a horrible ear condition seems to be over is the news that my son and daughter are seeing my niece and nephew on the 27th.
My younger brothers relationship with his partner broke down about 5 years ago. For a couple of years he saw his twins ,William and phoebe, regularly. Then suddenly he stopped seeing them completely and we all lost contact. No response to birthday cards and presents sent. My parents,who are undoubtedly in the very latest phase of their life were devastated that they would never see their grandchildren again.
And then, a couple of weeks ago my daughter "friended" phoebe (now 14) on Facebook. And now she and Tim will see the twins over Christmas. And then they plan to take my parents over to see the twins.
Happy Christmas!
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Post by pinkie on Dec 24, 2017 17:45:21 GMT
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Moonlight in Vermont
Happy Christmas me - my ear problem seems to have cleared up
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Post by pinkie on Dec 23, 2017 19:42:50 GMT
I think all have good days and bad days. Ups have been shocking here in France. Collisimo (our parcelforce) have been pretty good. I had good experiences with parcelforce in the UK.
In a league of their own for dreadful was My Herpes
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Post by pinkie on Dec 18, 2017 20:06:10 GMT
The very finest home made saucisson courtesy wonky (or rather Mrs wonky)
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Post by pinkie on Dec 18, 2017 7:06:49 GMT
Diva
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Post by pinkie on Dec 14, 2017 18:47:10 GMT
Technics u205 mk4
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Post by pinkie on Dec 13, 2017 10:07:37 GMT
Any thoughts on why "debits are on the side with the window"?
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Post by pinkie on Dec 13, 2017 9:25:10 GMT
And someone I know would slap me round the knees because, of course, they are parentheses (brackets are square). Hence PEDMAS - as I learned it ParenthesesExponents Division Multiplication Addition Subtraction
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Post by pinkie on Dec 13, 2017 9:22:46 GMT
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Post by pinkie on Dec 13, 2017 9:19:47 GMT
Brackets is always safest.
(Not permitted to slap round the knees any more, sadly.)
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Post by pinkie on Dec 13, 2017 8:47:55 GMT
Anyone got Excel as a spreadsheet
Type +2+3+3*11 and hit enter
Report back your answer - it will be 38
Rules is Rules
On which subject, and since my accountancy credentials have featured here, you may be aware that the world of accountancy is in awe of "double entry bookkeeping"
(I had an inappropriate T-shirt as an accountant at the top-5 firm of Price Waterhouse which on the front said "Accountants do it with double entry" "Auditors do it with Internal control" and a bit further down "PW - Big Firm Member")
Double entry is debits and credits - a source of much confusion and frustration for so many - who appear to think there is something esoteric about which is which and why. By CONVENTION (cos you have to have one) debits go on the left, and credits in the right hand column
1) Why was the rule taught that "debits are on the side by the window"? 2) What was the point of debits and credits at all? Why did Luca Paciolli invent the system? 3) If debits are assets - money in the bank , and credits are liabilities, money you owe or overdrawn banks - why does your bank statement say it is a debit balance when it is overdrawn, and a credit balance when you have money in it?
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Post by pinkie on Dec 13, 2017 6:42:36 GMT
The answers include possibly I think so I can I can prove it I could go on... I know Chris was joshing, but my wife asked the same "who makes up these silly rules"? Mathematics like English is a language. But it needs to communicate consistently rather than creatively If the problem is viewed as an English language challenge then any correct answer solves it. That includes demonstrating "I can" If it is a maths challenge, the answer is 38. If you add a 2nd row banana it is the answer to the great question of Douglas Adams
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