It's six a.m. here in Greensboro, but it's only eleven p.m. in New Zealand, which is apparently where my body thinks it still is.
But my brain knows it should be asleep now. Which is why I have sat here adding ridiculous posts to every topic on which I could think of something ridiculous to say.
So this is my blanket apology to everyone. I'm way too jetlagged to be responsible for anything I posted tonight. But I'm also too tired and lazy to go back and delete everything I posted.
And then I have to think: I write a lot of my fiction at this time of night, and in roughly this mental condition. So maybe the guys who thought my style had gone down the toilet have a point ...
[ April 02, 2005, 05:59 AM: Message edited by: Orson Scott Card ]
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
I just realized that I'm member #209. Now I have to wonder how many people with lower numbers than mine are still active and posting here ...
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Please. Stop me from looking at every active topic to see what number you all have.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
If I add any more to this thread without anyone else posting anything, I'm going to get that nasty "anti-flooding" message that makes me feel like such a dork whenever I get it.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Please. Stop me before I post again.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
It's finally happened. I'm not only talking to myself, I'm answering. And getting angry at the answers.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
When I came back from NZ last year it took me two weeks to get over my major case of jet lag. So you definitely have my sympathy.
At least you're talking to yourself on the internet and not out loud. I'm not really sure why that seems more sane to me, but somehow it does.
Edit - lousy spelling
[ April 02, 2005, 06:07 AM: Message edited by: Bella Bee ]
Posted by Frangy. (Member # 6794) on :
I'm the number 6794, not very previous to you that we say
Sorry yf I cannot answer rapidly, but I have to translate everything what you say...
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
Member numbah 4689 speaking, yer lordship.
Hmm. It's only 1:08 AM here in Hawaii, and I have to get up in a few hours to go to work. Nevertheless! Right before coming to Hatrack, I just finished writing a silly email to one of my best friends who lives in New Zealand.
This is all connected in a very drugged-out-hippy sort of way, I can FEEL it.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
It's 1:16 PM here in Norway.
Posted by Frangy. (Member # 6794) on :
Here ir like Norway
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
The weirdest thing I found about coming back from New Zealand was that I left NZ on Tuesday night and arrived in LA on Tuesday morning.
It was like Groundhog day.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
I hope you're getting your Uncle Orson.
It is 3:30 here in the West Coast. Time for a Jack in the Box run. Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Well, here, it's 5:44 pm. And I'd love it if you came here for a book signing. You could even meet old Arthur C. Clarke while you're in the area. He's still alive and kicking.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
*Rats*
OSC is finally on my timezone(ish) and I am having dinner at my Grandmother's and away from the computer.
(It was a nice dinner though).
10.10pm here now in Western Australia. The dog is asleep in her chair, it's gently raining (good for the farmers) and I have one more day of the weekend left.
Life is good.
Plus, no matter how much I post in one night now, I can say "Well, at least I'm not as bad as the owner of the forum... gee he went on a spree on the 2nd of April..."
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
I think that OSC's head a-sploded.
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
Uncle Orson, you're even funnier when you're jetlagged. Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
10:00 AM here in Canada, I live on eastern standard time and man Posted by Crotalus (Member # 7339) on :
It's 6 am. OSC must be lonely.
Nah, not quite as catchy as the Matchbox version.
[ April 02, 2005, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: Crotalus ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Next time you're up at an ungodly hour, bored and surfing around, you should check out the Book, Films, Food & Culture forum. Lots of interesting stuff being discussed over there. Guaranteed to suck you in, unless it doesn't.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
You should listen to Dmitri Hvorostovsky because he's a baritone and is cool .
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
haha@crotalus
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Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
quote: It's six a.m.
Time to make the doughnuts...
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
No, doughnuts are only good at 6 a.m., which means they must be started at 3.
Trust me, of this I know, doughnuts are not good after 7 a.m.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
krispy kreme is open 24 hours
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Tom has a lower number, and of course Annie ( ), I'm not sure there's anyone else who still posts here consistently. I'm off by about 200.
Hobbes Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Just because they're open does not mean the doughnuts are good 24 hours a day.
Besides, don't you know that doughnuts eaten before 7 a.m. don't have calories?
Just like cake eaten on a birthday has no calories.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Doughnuts are always good. It is impossible for a doughnut not to be good. This is because doughnuts are holy.
(Ba-dump-psshh)
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
mmmmm krispy kreme...
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Recently I have discovered the joy of doughnuts and coffee. And I half-dislike coffee and hated doughnuts as I got older due to them being waaaaaaaay too sweet.
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Verily ... verily verily
Posted by JohnHansen (Member # 41) on :
I don't post anymore and I think I had the administrators delete the account which once had a very low number.
Enjoy NZ, Scott!
John Hansen
Posted by JohnHansen (Member # 41) on :
Apparently not (re: the number thing).
I've already sprung my watch forward so it is 12:10am here in Nashville.
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
Hobbes:
quote:I'm not sure there's anyone else who still posts here consistently.
*Ahem* #89... not very voluminous, but consistent.
JohnHansen: Heavens! You're still alive! Posted by JohnHansen (Member # 41) on :
Alive, yes. And proud to only have 368 posts. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I think that means we have a new winner of that lurker thread!
Scott, melatonin is good for jetlag.
Of course, if you cure the jetlag, you'll stop posting . . .
*runs from legions of ticked hatrackers*
Posted by val (Member # 7687) on :
Yeah, melatonin... or ny-quil... Posted by Catseye1979 (Member # 5560) on :
Looks like Orson Scott Card traded in his Civ 2 addiction for a Hatrack River Forums addiction to me. I'd tell you to fight it but we don't actully want to you get over this addiction... Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Hey, I was posting all through my signing tour for Giant. And do you know why? Because I finally got sick of playing Civilization, took it off my computer, broke the cd. And then after I bought it again and reinstalled it, weeping, I played it and realized that I STILL was sick of it and lo! I am free. And then I had hours and hours with nothing to do and I realized: There's a forum full of brilliant, intelligent people (i.e., people who have either read my books or pretend they have) and I could go and see what they're talking about, and behold, I began posting.
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
Yes, that is good, it's great to have you here, but what is your opinion on doughuts?
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
My wife swore off Krispy Kremes after the old store on Battleground Ave. in Greensboro (the founding city of Krispy Kreme) was temporarily shut down because of a roach problem. Besides, there were two BETTER doughnut (aka "donut") stores in Greensboro at the time, both of which were driven out of business by KK's unfair and predatory business practices - like "advertising" and "staying open 24 hours a day" and offering "hot fresh donuts all the time," which is, of course, capitalism at its most evil.
So I only get those fantastic crullers and nongreasy-tasting cake donuts from Krispy Kreme when Kristine is not with me.
Posted by accio (Member # 3040) on :
I pass Krispy Kremes on my way to work. It’s always busy. You ought to see their drive through on Friday mornings. I love Krispy Kremes but we don’t have anything better around here.
How was Wellington? I would love to hear about your trip. Do we have to wait for your column for that?
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:I just realized that I'm member #209. Now I have to wonder how many people with lower numbers than mine are still active and posting here ...
I wondered the same thing and actually tried to search for lower member numbers - but it was too boring a task.
(Just for the record, a number of the low numbers led to an account that "does not exist.")
Oh, and I love Krispy Kreme donuts. The same store I went to in high school, a long time ago, is still in the neighborhood here. Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
YOU MEAN YOU DONT HAVE A TIM HORTONS!
[ April 03, 2005, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: Sid Meier ]
Posted by Verai (Member # 7507) on :
This is your agent of the secret shadow government, Mr. Card. Just popping in to remind you that you're not allowed to be silly.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I hate Krispy Kream donuts. Doughnuts should be dough-y! I want to move back to LA, where I can get Foster's.
Posted by Verai (Member # 7507) on :
Best doughnuts I remember eating were the kind supposedly made back in the day. Clumps of fried dough. With sugar. Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Orson,
quote: Please. Stop me from looking at every active topic to see what number you all have.
Before I saw this post, I had already requested those with a lower member number then you to come out. It is here.
Do you know Jake?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote: And then I had hours and hours with nothing to do and I realized: There's a forum full of brilliant, intelligent people (i.e., people who have either read my books or pretend they have) and I could go and see what they're talking about, and behold, I began posting.
Um, just so's you know, some of us call it "HatCrack."
(I am at war with myself, but I feel honor-bound to 'fess up and issue a verbal warning. "Beware, all ye who enter here," and all.)
[ April 03, 2005, 04:24 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Sid, the only place I've seen Tim Hortons south of the US-Can border is Buffalo NY and my main gripe with their overproliferation there is that they are so popular that the West Coast obsession with espresso stands (every 35 ft if you please) has not managed to spread there and take hold. Worse, when I work out there, I actually have to drive around a while before I can find some place that makes chai tea.
Posted by Belgarath (Member # 4) on :
I cant eat Krispy Kreme its to much sugar for me anymore. i guess im getting to old to have alot of sweets anymore. Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
I used to love Krispy Kream. then when I was a junior in high shcool I went to florida for a wrestling tournament. We wrestled for a couple days and vacationed for a couple. One of the scheduled sight seeing deals we decided to go on was to go snorkling. We all had a bunch of Krispy Kream and then hit the water. Unfortunately there were huge waves and we should have never gone out because everyone turned green and everysingle person save for myself and my two friends steve and brad spent the entire trip puking. I have a great memory of my mom with her head in a bucket the entire time. All very funny but it turned me off the goodness of the Krispy Kreams for life.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
I have never particularly enjoyed donuts - well, maybe a good ole fashioned apple fritter from time to time . . . I know - highly un-American.
*shrugs*
I do like nummy blueberry muffins with fresh blueberries.
I don't like jet-lag. Although, rivka is right - melatonin is supposed to help regulate sleep. It helps the pineal gland do its' job better.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
Keep your melatonin. I'd rather have melanin and a tan.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
It's not nice to brag about suntans, traveling man!
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:Um, just so's you know, some of us call it "HatCrack."
I believe Pod originally coined the phrase. Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
KK is okay when they're fresh and hot--they tend to taste kinda greasy to me, and the donuts are so airy that you're finished practically before you start eating it.
*best* donuts ever are from small doughnut places run by Asian families in California. Whenever we visit Cali my dad gets a box. Yum.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
I wasn't bragging. I don't HAVE a tan. I was just wishing for one.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I've never had a Krispy Kreme. That I can remember. But then, my memory's so lousy that it's actually possible, but I don't think they exist in Canada, do they? So that would severely limit the possibility.
I haven't had a donut or cruller or anything remotely close to anything you'd fine at a donut shop since leaving Canada. I'm lucky that we have three McDonald's in the entire country, and one KFC, and 3 or 4 Pizza Huts, and a few Dominoes. I think I'd be pushing it by asking for doughnuts, too.
Sigh.
Thanks for reminding me. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Do you often crave visible signs of sun damage?
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
A nice tan, when I can get one, keeps my psoriasis under control. Plus, I don't look so pasty white, like the belly of a fish. I learned long ago that overweight people like me look much better when the color of their skin isn't like a strobe light in its attention-getting whiteness.
I'm not talking about a please-may-i-have-some-skin-cancer tan, like somebody who has worked as a cowboy every day of their life. I'm just talking about a slight golden glow. I've had that about three time in my life and it was like a good makeup job without having to mess with the cold cream to get it off at night.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*enjoys her fish-belly whiteness* Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
What about a spray-on tan?
(has to go get one of those, to cover up swimming suit lines on back, left over from really bad sumburn from last summer, so I don't look like even more of a dork in my matron of honor dress for my sister's wedding)
That was somewhat incoherent. I start my new job today and I was too nervous to sleep
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
spray on tans don't do anything for my psoriasis.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Just be careful - sunburns aren't nearly as attractive as tans. I have the tanning gene from my father, but I usually have a farmer tan. I refuse to go barefoot or sandalfoot when I garden. And now that I've taken to wearing kneepads, I get white stripes around my kneecaps. Perhaps I can start a trend - the "zebra" tan...
On doughnuts... Unfortunately, my metabolism won't allow me to indulge in them the way I'd like. If I eat too much sugar, I get fainty and weak. So I have a one-doughnut limit, which much also be accompanied by lots of milk and preferably a sausage or egg. If I eat a doughnut, I want it to be a REALLY GOOD one.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I wish I had my fish-belly complexion back. I haven't looked the same since I got that sunburn . . . seven friggin' years ago! Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
quote:Sid, the only place I've seen Tim Hortons south of the US-Can border is Buffalo NY and my main gripe with their overproliferation there is that they are so popular that the West Coast obsession with espresso stands (every 35 ft if you please) has not managed to spread there and take hold. Worse, when I work out there, I actually have to drive around a while before I can find some place that makes chai tea.
jeniwren, the next time you are here (that is to say, Buffalo), I'm certain my wife could direct you to some fine places for chai tea. We DO have some coffee shops, they just aren't as obnoxiously omnipresent as they are everywhere else. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
OSC - you know it is just WRONG that you started this thread when almost everyone was at Bob & Dana's wedding, so we could't reply (well, at least those of us who don't yet own laptops. And the ones that had laptops were not the type to be up at six AM, unless they hadn't yet gone to bed).
I'm usually always online around that time in the morning, and I would have replied if it had been any other weekend in the year.....
And that would have prevented you talking to yourself like that.
Farmgirl
(not to mention that fact that if you were going to be wide awake on Saturday anyway - you might as well have been at the wedding! in stead of talking to yourself at home)
[ April 04, 2005, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Avatar300 (Member # 5108) on :
Have you upgraded to Civilization III? I found that it did wonders in feeding my addiction.
For awhile...
But now I can't stop shaking. Plus, I think the Mongols are about to invade.
Posted by Belgarath (Member # 4) on :
I can't wait to see what Civ IV looks like. Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Wow…. I think OSC has about 100 posts in less then a week! A record for sure!
Cool.
Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
Fish-belly white is fun!! At least that's what I keep telling myself since I can't really go out in the sun anyway. I flash fry. I can get a BURN in 20 minutes. My co workers asked me not to wear shorts until I used fake-tan because my legs look like glowsticks. (Yes, someone actually said Glowsticks to me...)
ah, the joys of Irish blood...
If only Guinness helped with the skin color - then I'd be a lovely shade of "stout"
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: I don't HAVE a tan. I was just wishing for one.
I don't and see no reason to have one - and I'm Middle-Eastern!
quote: A nice tan, when I can get one, keeps my psoriasis under control. Plus, I don't look so pasty white, like the belly of a fish. I learned long ago that overweight people like me look much better when the color of their skin isn't like a strobe light in its attention-getting whiteness.
You're not fat. You're slim. It looks always like you're fat from the top - but what's noticable is your slim face.
I myself am probably around 75 KG, I'm 14 y.o. and I'm 1.75(+?) CM tall. I don't think that I'm particularly slim - as I eat much fat and do little sport - but I still receive compliments regarding my looks (from Raia, at least).
Live your way, but I see no problem about your body, personally...
JH
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
J'aime moi Iced Cappicino....
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
quote:*enjoys her fish-belly whiteness* [Wink]
You're kidding, right? You're talkin' to the queen of lily-white here.
Posted by Suri-cool (Member # 7599) on :
I'm with Dunking Doughnuts. an this addiction you better stay on forever be addicted to Hatrackl!
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I live real realy close to the equator, and I still don't have a tan. I don't go outside. I'm like a vampire . . .
I want a tan, but I can just never be bothered to actually go outside during the day in anything resembling a consistent basis. It's just too hot!
I'm a pinkie, and I'm okay . . . Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
S'okay - I'm just dreaming of traveling farther than the borders of our continental 48 . . .
Posted by mimsies (Member # 7418) on :
quote: It's six a.m.
and do you know where your donut is?
Posted by Catseye1979 (Member # 5560) on :
When I got back from two years as a Missionary in Mexico I had a really nice tan on my arms and face (darker then some of the natives) although since I spent the two years in a white shirt and tie that was about all of me that was tanned. You know you need to do Something about your tan lines when you can take your shirt off and see the outline of a tie on your chest....
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
beverly, I may not be fish-belly white all over (largely because I'm not nearly as good about sunscreen as I should be), but except for my hands/ lower arms, feet, and face -- I'm pretty darn close.
Another advantage of wearing modest clothing. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: Plus, I think the Mongols are about to invade.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover ! A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover ! And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething, As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing, A mighty fountain momently was forced : Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail : And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean : And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war ! The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves ; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice ! A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw : It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Ah, Opium! The joy of life!
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Ha I never burn I just tan nicely!(Thats the truth too. I worked at a summer camp for a couple of months once and when I came back I was so dark people who didn't know me didn't think I was white. It was kind of odd...)
And does any one but me dislike most wheat products in general? Not a fan of doughnuts, muffins, cereal, bread, etc. Still eat it, just not a fan.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
quote: I'm lucky that we have three McDonald's in the entire country, and one KFC, and 3 or 4 Pizza Huts, and a few Dominoes.
oh my god. wow. i'm moving to Canada.
Posted by ChaosTheory (Member # 7069) on :
Uggh...I wish I could tan, it's kinda hard to do in Minnesota, any tan I do get in our 3 months of daylight goes away withing a month...If you can even call it a tan in the first place, my partially German skin turns more red than brown. Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:oh my god. wow. i'm moving to Canada.
Uh . . . quidscribis lives in Sri Lanka. She's from Canada originally, but that's not where she lives now.
Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :
I've never had a tan in my life that wasn't first a burn. And even then it always looks a bit orangy.
I always use sunscreen now, but I really hate the stuff. Your skin can't breathe with it on. It doesn't allow sweat to evaporate, which makes your body temperature rise. In hot/humid conditions, sunscreen is a nightmare.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Isn't there a mike who is member 55? That sticks in my mind for some reason.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Verily, thanks for clarifying for me.
Soara, yes, indeed, I do not live in Canada any longer. Haven't for over a year and a half. I now live in a country where everywhere I go, I'm stared at for my pinkness. And whereas I was merely of average height in Canada, here, I'm positively tall for a female.
Unfortunately, I'm back to having to buy men's shoes because there are no women's shoes in the entire country that fit.
And I've been to McDonalds twice in the last year and a half, once to Pizza Hut, and we occasionally get pizza delivered from Dominoes. But let me tell you something - McDonalds is the only one that is consistently the same. It's true. Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Do they have a lot of neat and exotic (to Westerners) ingredients at places like Pizza Hut? For some reason, I'm always interested to learn how different cultures interpret our much-maligned "fast food culture". Like how in Germany, you get salami instead of pepperoni, and in Japan, you can get corn on your pizza.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
You can get chicken biryani at KFC and McRice instead of fries at McDonalds. Pizzas can be devilled (spicy), chicken sausage is actually chicken wieners, cuttlefish (to you, squid) is included in the seafood toppings. At McDonalds, they have regular ketchup as well as chilli garlic ketchup, which I prefer by a long shot.
You can look at the Pizza Hut menu yourself in English, Sinhalese, or Tamil. Oh, and apparently, we have 9 Pizza Huts here. I had no idea there were so many!
Pizza options include Tandoori Chicken Lovers, Mutton Lovers, and Devilled Chicken.
What else do ya wanna know? Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
mothertree-- Yes, he's talked about in several threads, including this one about Lub-dub circus.
Although I don't know what username he posts under now, if at all.
Farmgirl
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
To Jonathan Howard: I sincerely hope you meant you were 1.75 meters tall. 1.75 centimeters puts you in the Guinness Book of World Records as shortest organism to be able to post on the internet.
But your encouragement to me is kindly. Please remember, though, that the picture of me here on line was taken when I weighed about 20 kilograms less than I do now. Right now my head closely resembles a hot air balloon.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Whoa, that pizza has sausage baked right into the crust. That's so cool. I want to try that.
quote:cuttlefish (to you, squid)
Those are actually different animals. They're closely related, and both are very tasty. But cuttlefish are not just squid. They're way cooler.
[ April 06, 2005, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: Verily the Younger ]
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Well, I always replace CM and M, since I write in both formats. Occasionally someone thinks I'm a tiny organism or a particularly erect Titan.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"I always replace CM and M, since I write in both formats."
Um. I could see confusing inches with meters because one writes in both formats. But confusing centimeters with meters is like confusing inches with feet.
[ April 06, 2005, 12:52 PM: Message edited by: TomDavidson ]
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Format (A): x.yz M; Format (B): xyz CM.
Hey, we've got it 100-1000, not your weird 12-3-1760 system!
Decimality rules, because no-one will now convert to base 12.
JH
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
You know, you've exposed a secret advantage of English measurement: no one can get the decimal point wrong. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
And my prize?
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
A good swift kick in the head?
Cuttlefish=squid is good enough for my purposes. I didn't know they were slightly different, so thanks for that. I just know that they look the same to me, so as far as I'm concerned, they are the same. Plus, here, they're treated as if they are the same. Kinda like plantains and bananas. In the Americas, there are distinctions between the two, but here, the labels are used interchangeably.
We get big squid here - really big. As in, the body is up to 12 inches long, and tentacles another 15 or 18 inches beyong that. Yowza!
Posted by Judas (Member # 7355) on :
I wonder what Jet-lag was like for Ender and Rackham was like..
-Judas
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote:I wonder what Jet-lag was like for Ender and Rackham was like..
I love your sentence construction. . . Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Right now my head closely resembles a hot air balloon.
That might have something to do with posting on a forum where everyone is a fan of yours.
Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
Bite into a fresh, uncooked plantain the next time you think they are the same as bananas. Posted by Goo Boy (Member # 7752) on :
JB, not everyone. You should see some of the things people will say just to show off how unimpressed by celebrity they are.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Mr Card, the only reason your head seems swelled is because it has the Bean-style phenomenon of a rapidly-growing mind. Posted by Avin (Member # 7751) on :
Hi quidscribis,
Being born in Sri Lanka, I have to say that I hate cuttlefish. I don't like squid particularly either, but I like it better than cuttlefish.
Where in Sri Lanka do you live? When I went to visit my relatives in Moratuwa with my (American) wife last summer, we experienced the very unpleasant sensation of everyone on the street turning and staring at us all the time because of my wife's skin color. They didn't even try to hide it; some would even stop or slow down to gawk. However when we were in Columbo, or touristy places, that effect was generally a lot less. I feel for you if you live anywhere outside of Columbo!
Oh, and I know Sri Lankans can use plantains and bananas interchangably, but I think that's because they frequently use incorrect western terms to describe things all the time, not because they are the same.
Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
quote:Decimality rules, because no-one will now convert to base 12
all your base are ours
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
"A base upon which I have seen ye reign hath now been acclaimed by Her Majestic Grace, Queen Elizabeth the First of the United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland and Ulster."
- Alternate phrasing...
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
What the heck are plantains?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
bannas (at least, according to Westerners)
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Okay, I won't be snarky.
Here, Linky Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
plantains are big flattish-looking bananas which are really fibrous and nasty when raw, and, in my opinion, only slightly more edible when cooked. But they do hold up better under cooking than the regular eating bananas we get in the States.
One big shock when first visiting a market in Brazil was the VARIETY of bananas. The kind we call "bananas" was not even the most common. Banana is a category with an enormous amount of variety within it. But our supermarkets rarely let us see the other kinds.
Of course, the good reason for that is that the common banana we eat is the ONE that's really delicious straight out of the skin AND ships well for thousands of miles by slow boat.
I remember, though, as a kid growing up in CA, the ONLY kind of lettuce we ever saw was iceberg. Round hard flavorlous inflatulating balls of lettuce. Now, we have a great variety almost everywhere, and our lives (and salads) have greatly improved.
Maybe we're ready for a banana revolution, too!
Naw.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
There used to be a banana plantation in a little nook in the coast between Ventura and Santa Barbara on Highway one.
We stopped there once while travelling, though we passed it many times. They had different kinds of bananas and plantains for sampling. Although I wasn't a fan of bananas to begin with I really liked the variety. Many of them weren't as sweet as the standard store banana, and I also like the texture more. (Incidentally my screen name is only indirectly connected with the fruit by way of a neon yellow bathing suit, and my IRL name.) I was sad when they lost their lease or couldn't make a profit anymore and got rid of the banana grove on Highway one.
AJ
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
At farmer's markets (and to a lesser degree at well-stocked produce places and high-end supermarkets) in California, you can buy not only bananas and a couple varieties of plantains, but also fingerling bananas (which are adorable), red bananas, and a variety or two besides.
Availability is far more seasonal than with garden-variety bananas.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote: Being born in Sri Lanka, I have to say that I hate cuttlefish. I don't like squid particularly either, but I like it better than cuttlefish.
Where in Sri Lanka do you live? When I went to visit my relatives in Moratuwa with my (American) wife last summer, we experienced the very unpleasant sensation of everyone on the street turning and staring at us all the time because of my wife's skin color. They didn't even try to hide it; some would even stop or slow down to gawk. However when we were in Columbo, or touristy places, that effect was generally a lot less. I feel for you if you live anywhere outside of Columbo!
Oh, and I know Sri Lankans can use plantains and bananas interchangably, but I think that's because they frequently use incorrect western terms to describe things all the time, not because they are the same.
I still don't know the difference between squid and cuttlefish. I may never know.
We live close to Sri Jayawardenapura, the new Parliament building. And yes, people stare at me ALL THE FRIKKIN' TIME, whether I'm with my husband or not. The funny thing is, even though he's Sri Lankan, and his family has been here for 600 years, he doesn't have the typical Sri Lankan features. He's been mistaken for Italian. On the other hand, when we went shopping for a mattress, and please bear in mind that I'm pink-skinned with blue eyes, the woman thought I was Japanese. And she ain't the only one.
And yep, I know they use words differently than North Americans. Like nappies and diapers. That still confuses me.
On to bananas. The common bananas you guys get in North America don't seem to be available here at all. The most common bananas we have here are the short & stubby banans about four inches long that are sweet & rubbery. We also have long green bananas that are ripe just before they start turning yellow. Then there are the red bananas that are said to be the best ones of the lot. There are a lot more varieties than that, but those are the ones I remember the most. In the empty lot next door to us, there are a half dozen or more banana trees growing. This is a common sight here, banana trees in a yard. Or mango, papaya, lime, coconut, or other fruit trees.
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On the other hand, when we went shopping for a mattress, and please bear in mind that I'm pink-skinned with blue eyes, the woman thought I was Japanese. And she ain't the only one.