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the 112th chapter of our friday threads

Thought "112" and this record popped into my head. BUMP IT!



What's everyone doing to celebrate the last weekend of spring '17?

Stacey Pullen for me tonight. High af at the weed expo the rest of the weekend

Going out to a private island for the weekend. The only company will be barbeque and a shit ton of beer. Fuck everyone.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Fuck everyone.

LOL, yes.






I dunno, nothing tonight. I've been sick with a cold I can't take anything good for all week - how do people who shun pharmaceuticals do it?? God. At least it's my week off, hate being sick and working, plus pregnant to boot. Exhausting combo.

Going bridesmaid dress shopping for my friend's wedding tomorrow then over to another friend's place for a Housewarming. Father's day on Sunday, so hanging with the in laws.

Big one tonight. It's my birthday, and a whole bunch of us are off to see Andrew Weatherall lay down six hours of slow motion grooves. The weather forecast for the weekend is scorching, which should make tomorrow easier to bear, and then I'm flying to Poland on Monday morning for a week in the mountains.

I'm going to lay on my stomach and shove my cock into wormholes. I'm going to shit at the same time as well as stuff my vagina with dirt. i love being old fat and bald

It's that small?

i got a small cock

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J

Happy birthday

Father's Day weekend here in the States. Going to be spending time with my parents. One of those rare times they actually miss me. Oh well, nothing else better to do anyway, it's straight 100 degree weather starting today and won't end until next Friday. No way I'm doing anything strenuous.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Going out to a private island for the weekend. The only company will be barbeque and a shit ton of beer. Fuck everyone.

If I asked to go with you, and you accepted, would it still be a "private" island?

Looks like I get to work at least part of the weekend. We've having issues with a pair of EMC storage arrays...or the fiber channel switches they are attached to...or the VMware host servers it's all attached so. So...everything is getting shut down Sunday afternoon or night. New code for the arrays and switches. Also, replace 32 batteries in a big ass UPS. Cuz we gots to keep shit running, 24/7 yo. Also: yard work.

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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay N I G G E R F A G G O T C Un T S

So THAT'S what the NFC chip in my phone is!

Carl Cox for my bday tonight and then various shenanigans tomorrow.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Big one tonight. It's my birthday, and a whole bunch of us are off to see Andrew Weatherall lay down six hours of slow motion grooves. The weather forecast for the weekend is scorching, which should make tomorrow easier to bear, and then I'm flying to Poland on Monday morning for a week in the mountains.

Happy Birthday! (+ very jelly. Whatever Weatherall plays tonight, us muppets will be discovering in about 6 months to 2 years time).

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Carl Cox for my bday tonight

Cox for your birthday? you sound like Jenny

Still extremely Jelly. Review please.

Ended up at the cabin last night, chilling to some beers and Spike's latest Windmill Sessions from the DJ Promo forum. Other than the humidity, it was great cabin weather. Saw a very, very healthy coyote as I pulled through the gate to head back to the cabin. Not sure what he's been eating to stay so filled out, but I'm thinking the guys running cattle on our farm should do a head count.

Headbanging hurts my neck.

Well this weekend I went through 7 years of British newspapers in a previous century trying to find a piece of information, with no luck, then checked one random issue of a Dutch paper in that period and found exactly what I wanted. I suppose that's a victory? Big meeting tomorrow, so I'm very glad I found the data, but damn I wish I had done something else this weekend.

I was not built for this weather; 30c/90f today, absolutely destroying my delicate system

Long weekend. I slept in, I took a nap, and then I had some shut-eye. And, after that, some rest. It was a much needed break

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Originally posted by Lews Well this weekend I went through 7 years of British newspapers in a previous century trying to find a piece of information, with no luck, then checked one random issue of a Dutch paper in that period and found exactly what I wanted.

Wait, you actually speak Afrikaans? (assuming that's why you can read Dutch)

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Originally posted by Lira Long weekend. I slept in, I took a nap, and then I had some shut-eye. And, after that, some rest. It was a much needed break

Sounds exhausting.

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Originally posted by Lira Long weekend. I slept in, I took a nap, and then I had some shut-eye. And, after that, some rest. It was a much needed break Wait, you actually speak Afrikaans? (assuming that's why you can read Dutch)

It was a Dutch paper, but written in French, thankfully.

I used to speak some basic Afrikaans, though never very much, but that went out the window when I started learning German when I was 13/14. My grandfather was not pleased, he thought/hoped I would progress from basic Afrikaans to basic Dutch to fluent Dutch. I overheard many angry comments when someone told him I was studying German!

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Originally posted by Lews Well this weekend I went through 7 years of British newspapers in a previous century trying to find a piece of information, with no luck, then checked one random issue of a Dutch paper in that period and found exactly what I wanted. I suppose that's a victory? Big meeting tomorrow, so I'm very glad I found the data, but damn I wish I had done something else this weekend. I was not built for this weather; 30c/90f today, absolutely destroying my delicate system

That must have been really old newspapers. Think the last Dutch newspaper in French was like 1892 or something.

Tomorrow 32 degrees over here...pfff

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Sounds exhausting.

lol

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Originally posted by LEWS It was a Dutch paper, but written in French, thankfully. I used to speak some basic Afrikaans, though never very much, but that went out the window when I started learning German when I was 13/14. My grandfather was not pleased, he thought/hoped I would progress from basic Afrikaans to basic Dutch to fluent Dutch. I overheard many angry comments when someone told him I was studying German!

It's weird though how interchangeable those languages are; my other half is Swiss and they used to get dutch radio when she grew up and after about 10 mins, could understand everything. Then a dutch mate came over the other week, I was speaking Swiss German to my missus in front of him and he suddenly "got it". Afrikaans just sounds like scouser Dutch

Tore my labrum in my shoulder back under the scalpel. Fucjin shit my luck. I need to stop thinking I'm invincible and slow my shit down

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Sounds exhausting.

Totally, I'm knackered

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Originally posted by DJ RANN It's weird though how interchangeable those languages are; my other half is Swiss and they used to get dutch radio when she grew up and after about 10 mins, could understand everything. Then a dutch mate came over the other week, I was speaking Swiss German to my missus in front of him and he suddenly "got it".

Actually, it is English that is the damn outlier here

The Germanic languages haven't split that long ago, and there are quite a few words that are still pretty uniform across all languages (such as "hand", with the occasional vowel shift). If you measure the lexical differences among European languages, you'll see English hanging on its own, far from both the languages from Western Europe and the Scandinavian ones (with Danish being a bridge in more than just one way).

As a native speaker of Portuguese, though I feel English is to Germanic languages what French is to its closest relatives. Can I read French? Yup, no problem. Can I understand a French speaker? Now that's a whole different ballgame, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out Cristiano Ronaldo can shout something in his native language to Paul Pogba during a game and make himself understood, but I suspect it doesn't go both ways. Hell, even Romanian (a distant Romance language no one else understands in spite of the fact they get what everybody else says (pdf)) sounds more familiar

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Afrikaans just sounds like scouser Dutch

I wonder if Trance-M concurs

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Originally posted by Lews It was a Dutch paper, but written in French, thankfully. I used to speak some basic Afrikaans, though never very much, but that went out the window when I started learning German when I was 13/14. My grandfather was not pleased, he thought/hoped I would progress from basic Afrikaans to basic Dutch to fluent Dutch. I overheard many angry comments when someone told him I was studying German!

I guess he may have underestimated how much �t takes to go from basic Afrikaans to vloeiend Nederlands, although I can see why it made sense. Don't you feel like learning Dutch though? If you're studying German, and English is your native language, it'll feel like "German lite"... although it's just a matter of time until you start mixing it up with German and Danish

(I had no idea the Dutch wrote newspapers in French. I know it's writing in English to a foreign audience when French was the international language du jour, but still)

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Originally posted by Trance-M That must have been really old newspapers. Think the last Dutch newspaper in French was like 1892 or something. Tomorrow 32 degrees over here...pfff

It was an issue from 1751.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN It's weird though how interchangeable those languages are; my other half is Swiss and they used to get dutch radio when she grew up and after about 10 mins, could understand everything. Then a dutch mate came over the other week, I was speaking Swiss German to my missus in front of him and he suddenly "got it". Afrikaans just sounds like scouser Dutch

Yeah, my partner is Danish and she can understand my family talking in Dutch for the most part.

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Originally posted by Lira Actually, it is English that is the damn outlier here The Germanic languages haven't split that long ago, and there are quite a few words that are still pretty uniform across all languages (such as "hand", with the occasional vowel shift). If you measure the lexical differences among European languages, you'll see English hanging on its own, far from both the languages from Western Europe and the Scandinavian ones (with Danish being a bridge in more than just one way).

Fascinating chart, there. Though it seems to show Danish and Norwegian being closer than Danish and Swedish, which is interesting since I know they can all read each other's stuff but my Danish friends say it is easier to verbally converse with the Swedes than Norwegians. Something about the accents, rather than the actual words.

English does have a load of French influence, though, right, explaining why it is further away? I wish the chart had some of the Low Franconian languages, too.

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Originally posted by Lira I guess he may have underestimated how much �t takes to go from basic Afrikaans to vloeiend Nederlands, although I can see why it made sense. Don't you feel like learning Dutch though? If you're studying German, and English is your native language, it'll feel like "German lite"... although it's just a matter of time until you start mixing it up with German and Danish

I don't think he thought it would be easy, it was just what he wanted

I definitely would love to learn Dutch; I would have taken it in high school if it was offered, although I am happy I took German. In an ideal world, I would be fluent in English, German, Dutch, Danish, and French. I think that's a bit much for the real world, though. I just don't have the time to study one language properly, let alone four! Already confusing German and Danish

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Originally posted by Lira (I had no idea the Dutch wrote newspapers in French. I know it's writing in English to a foreign audience when French was the international language du jour, but still)

Yeah, this newspaper was basically the Financial Times or maybe even the New York Times of the 18th century, written in French both because that was the language de rigueur and because it was founded by Huguenots fleeing France slightly before the Edict of Nantes. Huguenots actually founded maybe two dozen French newspapers outside of France at the time, especially in the Dutch Republic, which had such tolerance of freedom of speech.

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