But I'll leave you to identify the local reprobates for the benefit of the new crop of grasshoppers.
Hmmmm ... here goes :
Front Row
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left : Bruce Allen our fearless leader and founder of E@H, also the inventor of the error detecting protocol on your hard drive known as SMART
right : Ben Knispel, who presented his doctoral thesis - and passed - that day, hence the outstanding headgear. Known around E@H for his radio pulsar work.
Back Row
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Far left : Gary Roberts - longtime E@H [strike]dinosaur][/strike] moderator, alas he once recommended to Bruce Allen that I be allowed to moderate.
Next on left : Myself, in my non-purple days.
.....
Fourth from left : I'm pretty sure is Bernard Shutz ( Professor Emeritus @ AEI Potsdam, noted author of some great GR books that even I can follow for several chapters at least. )
Fourth from right : Tall chap up the far back is Dr. Karl Wette
....
Second on right : Bernd Maschenchalk, one of the key culprits in the bits and bytes engineering department.
Far right : Oliver Bock, yet another serious culprit and sometime coding mentor to myself.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
While Mike is looking in Annie's ear, he can also take a peek at my kidneys to see if I have any more stones in there, like the one that woke me at 4am Wednesday, then stopped hurting just as I pulled into the hospital's parking lot. (If you're wondering, I went in anyway and let them run a bag of IV fluid through me, interrupted by rolling me down the hall for a CT scan that my doctor had previously ordered and I was putting off. Now I suppose I should alert her and my urologist that I had it done.
Ouchies !! My condolences. Nasty pain that renal colic.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Nice one MAGIC. After the Blues Brothers effect. Very spiff. As for the tie, well I always have to buy a new one if I ever need it ( funerals, court appearances ). Usually can't find the last one .... :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Great pics guys, always good to put a real face to a name, and see it it matches up to what we thought said face might look like.
Oh and p.s. the baby hedgehog was stargazing at the time, he had read that if you go down a deep mineshaft during the day you can actually see the stars, but not have a mineshaft handy at the time, he improvised.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Hi TL :) Belated happy thanksgiving to everyone who has been celebrating :)
Sorry you've been poorly David :( hope you feel better soon!
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I must point out that Leonard Nimoy neither is nor played any of the people I mentioned.
Aaaah... erm... yes... well it's funny you should mention it now then David... but you're right :) Um... Whilst we're talking gaffes... *gleamy eyed smirk* remind me again... what was it you did over at Boinc a little while ago? :))))
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...I was thinking I would post something along the lines of "I suppose Oppenheimer would be far too obvious.".
Tooooo obvious David? Really? YOU are the one who posted "Einstein" as an answer are you not? :)
@Mike
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I must apologise...
*Get out scorecard :)*
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...but you committed a terrible act : hid the Bleedin' Obvious in Plain Sight. A very aggressive thing to do to a straight math/science graduate. A total flummoxer.
Sheltered life Mike? :) One thing you learn when growing up with a twin, is how VERY easy it is to flummox in plain sight :)
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Puts entire lobes at risk.
Awwwww :)
Bless :)
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But as usual we may turn to Mr Larson for clarity :
:))))) I see you still needed labels to locate yourself though :) Mind you... *worried frown* that's a slender crayon you used there... you sure you're safe with that or have you now had mesh fitted to all your apertures? *SUPER slow blink*
Richard! :) Hi :) Lovely photograph! The hat has been explained (belated congratulations Ben, btw :)) but erm... the yellow and white propellers... might I ask what mph you can expect to achieve... you know... when they're fully throttled? :) I can worry about the steering later...
Hi Gary R :)
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I can't quite work out what Mike was thinking at that instant. Is he sneering or snarling ... or just plain (hurry up, get it over with) bored?? :-).
Could he be worried about his sunroof do you think? *sympathetically ruffled brow* Obviously if he'd been wearing one of those propellors I might have thought he was testing out some form of aerodynamic elevation flaps there... Lovely photo Mike, really :) nice to put faces to insults :))) I'm sorry this is not an apology :))))
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Now there's some history. I think I was about to laugh at something someone said. Looks more of a fish out of water look though. I might even be just thinking "Wow, I am having my photo taken with a special name badge on and are my sunglasses in a cool enough position ?"
Oh. There's your problem right there. He got too many thoughts at once :)
Triple demerit Mike? :) nah... double one yes :) Third doesn't count - housecall for ouchies - anyway... I don't do demerits... I do demoralizings :)
Hi Bill :) Hi Magic :) Hi Chris :)
Okay then everyone... :) Time for today's peptalk!
I'm going to be absolutely straight with you... *do sweeping side bend and... pause...* ... I no longer think in terms of “I wonder who will win the TLPTL-whatdjermecallit threadâ€. No.
*starship roll into the pining lost falcon and... hold*
Now... it's simply a question of... *forward roll (and clunk) into desk and... stay* ...how many more novel ways there might be under our big sky, to throw your offerings under a bus.
But let's not dwell on your failures... of which we have had no less than 27. Let's instead look at your successes... *strained smile*
We have a birthday...
We have a branch of scientific study...
and we have an Irish poet who is absolutely useless. *Raise head to look at feet of minions* Not as a poet. As a poet he is actually quite good, but to you lot... at this point in your journey of discovery... is it any wonder that things like this happen...?
They navigate by the milky way and some by polarization patterns in moonlight. Okay they have to spend their lives with a face shaped like a shovel but you can't have everything. Some even gallop like horses *ROLL eyes to HORIZON and back* ...how is THAT going by the way...? So far we've got Chris thinkblotting himself into the bat kingdom and ... nothing... I suppose the rest of you are still colouring them in... no doubt with your tongues hanging out to help you concentrate :)
I have to go out now. When I come back... we're going west :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
Richard! :) Hi :) Lovely photograph! The hat has been explained (belated congratulations Ben, btw :)) but erm... the yellow and white propellers... might I ask what mph you can expect to achieve... you know... when they're fully throttled? :) I can worry about the steering later...
I think Mike is already working on the navigation problem...
(though I think they may need some help with the propulsion system if that ship is ever going to reach a pulsar)
So far we've got Chris thinkblotting himself into the bat kingdom and ... nothing... I suppose the rest of you are still colouring them in... no doubt with your tongues hanging out to help you concentrate :)
I was going to colour them in but there were no numbers :-( When you are as batty as me you do need some guidance. I even tried sticking my tongue out hoping some kind passer-by might put a sugar lump on it for some brain energy, but sadly to no avail.
Interesting to see in the pics who is on the orange juice and who is on the fizz. Mind you someones orange juice seems to have a rather large cocktail stick in it. But quite impressed with the tent's Avant-garde blue windows, did they borrow it from a wedding? :-))
Pssssst - those white things with yellow bits are actually Einsteins secret project to look for gravity waves. They are actually remote controlled drone ping pong balls with wings that flutter. The idea being that if gravity waves don't want to be found they will hide themselves, these trojan horses should fool them into showing themselves. Who would suspect an innocent ping pong ball? You heard it here first :-))
Shhhhh
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
RE: But I'll leave you to
)
Hmmmm ... here goes :
Front Row
---------
left : Bruce Allen our fearless leader and founder of E@H, also the inventor of the error detecting protocol on your hard drive known as SMART
right : Ben Knispel, who presented his doctoral thesis - and passed - that day, hence the outstanding headgear. Known around E@H for his radio pulsar work.
Back Row
--------
Far left : Gary Roberts - longtime E@H [strike]dinosaur][/strike] moderator, alas he once recommended to Bruce Allen that I be allowed to moderate.
Next on left : Myself, in my non-purple days.
.....
Fourth from left : I'm pretty sure is Bernard Shutz ( Professor Emeritus @ AEI Potsdam, noted author of some great GR books that even I can follow for several chapters at least. )
Fourth from right : Tall chap up the far back is Dr. Karl Wette
....
Second on right : Bernd Maschenchalk, one of the key culprits in the bits and bytes engineering department.
Far right : Oliver Bock, yet another serious culprit and sometime coding mentor to myself.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Going for a triple demerit
)
Going for a triple demerit :
Ouchies !! My condolences. Nasty pain that renal colic.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Thanks for all the Great
)
Thanks for all the Great Photos !
Bill
Looks like you would have to
)
Looks like you would have to put me in the back so I don't block you all out of the picture.........and I never take my sunglasses off either
Ok I ate enough food for the day and it is a couple seconds before midnight so......
Nice one MAGIC. After the
)
Nice one MAGIC. After the Blues Brothers effect. Very spiff. As for the tie, well I always have to buy a new one if I ever need it ( funerals, court appearances ). Usually can't find the last one .... :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Great pics guys, always good
)
Great pics guys, always good to put a real face to a name, and see it it matches up to what we thought said face might look like.
Oh and p.s. the baby hedgehog was stargazing at the time, he had read that if you go down a deep mineshaft during the day you can actually see the stars, but not have a mineshaft handy at the time, he improvised.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Hi TL :) Belated happy
)
Hi TL :) Belated happy thanksgiving to everyone who has been celebrating :)
Sorry you've been poorly David :( hope you feel better soon!
Aaaah... erm... yes... well it's funny you should mention it now then David... but you're right :) Um... Whilst we're talking gaffes... *gleamy eyed smirk* remind me again... what was it you did over at Boinc a little while ago? :))))
Tooooo obvious David? Really? YOU are the one who posted "Einstein" as an answer are you not? :)
@Mike
*Get out scorecard :)*
Sheltered life Mike? :) One thing you learn when growing up with a twin, is how VERY easy it is to flummox in plain sight :)
Awwwww :)
Bless :)
:))))) I see you still needed labels to locate yourself though :) Mind you... *worried frown* that's a slender crayon you used there... you sure you're safe with that or have you now had mesh fitted to all your apertures? *SUPER slow blink*
Richard! :) Hi :) Lovely photograph! The hat has been explained (belated congratulations Ben, btw :)) but erm... the yellow and white propellers... might I ask what mph you can expect to achieve... you know... when they're fully throttled? :) I can worry about the steering later...
Hi Gary R :)
Could he be worried about his sunroof do you think? *sympathetically ruffled brow* Obviously if he'd been wearing one of those propellors I might have thought he was testing out some form of aerodynamic elevation flaps there... Lovely photo Mike, really :) nice to put faces to insults :))) I'm sorry this is not an apology :))))
Oh. There's your problem right there. He got too many thoughts at once :)
Triple demerit Mike? :) nah... double one yes :) Third doesn't count - housecall for ouchies - anyway... I don't do demerits... I do demoralizings :)
Hi Bill :) Hi Magic :) Hi Chris :)
Okay then everyone... :) Time for today's peptalk!
I'm going to be absolutely straight with you... *do sweeping side bend and... pause...* ... I no longer think in terms of “I wonder who will win the TLPTL-whatdjermecallit threadâ€. No.
*starship roll into the pining lost falcon and... hold*
Now... it's simply a question of... *forward roll (and clunk) into desk and... stay* ...how many more novel ways there might be under our big sky, to throw your offerings under a bus.
But let's not dwell on your failures... of which we have had no less than 27. Let's instead look at your successes... *strained smile*
We have a birthday...
We have a branch of scientific study...
and we have an Irish poet who is absolutely useless. *Raise head to look at feet of minions* Not as a poet. As a poet he is actually quite good, but to you lot... at this point in your journey of discovery... is it any wonder that things like this happen...?
They navigate by the milky way and some by polarization patterns in moonlight. Okay they have to spend their lives with a face shaped like a shovel but you can't have everything. Some even gallop like horses *ROLL eyes to HORIZON and back* ...how is THAT going by the way...? So far we've got Chris thinkblotting himself into the bat kingdom and ... nothing... I suppose the rest of you are still colouring them in... no doubt with your tongues hanging out to help you concentrate :)
I have to go out now. When I come back... we're going west :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
RE: Richard! :) Hi :)
)
I think Mike is already working on the navigation problem...
(though I think they may need some help with the propulsion system if that ship is ever going to reach a pulsar)
Old street racer's
)
Old street racer's saying......
Mash the throttle first, then worry about where you are going.
Mornin' Anniet
)
Mornin' Anniet :-)
I was going to colour them in but there were no numbers :-( When you are as batty as me you do need some guidance. I even tried sticking my tongue out hoping some kind passer-by might put a sugar lump on it for some brain energy, but sadly to no avail.
Interesting to see in the pics who is on the orange juice and who is on the fizz. Mind you someones orange juice seems to have a rather large cocktail stick in it. But quite impressed with the tent's Avant-garde blue windows, did they borrow it from a wedding? :-))
Pssssst - those white things with yellow bits are actually Einsteins secret project to look for gravity waves. They are actually remote controlled drone ping pong balls with wings that flutter. The idea being that if gravity waves don't want to be found they will hide themselves, these trojan horses should fool them into showing themselves. Who would suspect an innocent ping pong ball? You heard it here first :-))
Shhhhh
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now