OT - What are you doing right now?

Jstroke

SGH said:

I put a few Christmas decorations on my life long best friends grave who unfortunately passed away a few weeks ago. 

I don’t care what those liberals say. You’re a good man Scottie

Sea2Ski

nolaegghead said:

Someone posted this on our work's Slack channel.   If you are in IT, you will appreciate. 

This is hysterical, and I love this!

JohnInCarolina

Battleborn said:

While I may only hold a lowly undergrad degree from a state university in east Texas, I understand the place value that JIC so eloquently explained. It breaks the problem down to simplest form. I get it. This is one problem:

These are the steps to complete the problem. While effective, I don't see it as efficient. 

It's breaking down the process of how one can go about subtracting 379 from 442 quickly.  You bring both to the tens digit first, then the hundreds digit. 

 Diagramming it out like that is just one way to illustrate the process, but once you master this approach it is very fast and you can do it in your head. 

And yes you could just teach a kid to use a calculator but studies have shown us that children who mostly learn with calculators don't actually understand place value and tend to be ... bad at math.  

DMW

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

While I may only hold a lowly undergrad degree from a state university in east Texas, I understand the place value that JIC so eloquently explained. It breaks the problem down to simplest form. I get it. This is one problem:

These are the steps to complete the problem. While effective, I don't see it as efficient. 

It's breaking down the process of how one can go about subtracting 379 from 442 quickly.  You bring both to the tens digit first, then the hundreds digit. 

 Diagramming it out like that is just one way to illustrate the process, but once you master this approach it is very fast and you can do it in your head. 

And yes you could just teach a kid to use a calculator but studies have shown us that children who mostly learn with calculators don't actually understand place value and tend to be ... bad at math.  

You must be an intellectual elitist.

JohnInCarolina

DMW said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

While I may only hold a lowly undergrad degree from a state university in east Texas, I understand the place value that JIC so eloquently explained. It breaks the problem down to simplest form. I get it. This is one problem:

These are the steps to complete the problem. While effective, I don't see it as efficient. 

It's breaking down the process of how one can go about subtracting 379 from 442 quickly.  You bring both to the tens digit first, then the hundreds digit. 

 Diagramming it out like that is just one way to illustrate the process, but once you master this approach it is very fast and you can do it in your head. 

And yes you could just teach a kid to use a calculator but studies have shown us that children who mostly learn with calculators don't actually understand place value and tend to be ... bad at math.  

You must be an intellectual elitist.

Many people have told me that I am.  But then... many people are often wrong.

theyolksonyou

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

While I may only hold a lowly undergrad degree from a state university in east Texas, I understand the place value that JIC so eloquently explained. It breaks the problem down to simplest form. I get it. This is one problem:

These are the steps to complete the problem. While effective, I don't see it as efficient. 

It's breaking down the process of how one can go about subtracting 379 from 442 quickly.  You bring both to the tens digit first, then the hundreds digit. 

 Diagramming it out like that is just one way to illustrate the process, but once you master this approach it is very fast and you can do it in your head. 

And yes you could just teach a kid to use a calculator but studies have shown us that children who mostly learn with calculators don't actually understand place value and tend to be ... bad at math.  

You must be an intellectual elitist.

Many people have told me that I am.  But then... many people are often wrong.

I just thought you were an asśhole

JohnInCarolina

theyolksonyou said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

While I may only hold a lowly undergrad degree from a state university in east Texas, I understand the place value that JIC so eloquently explained. It breaks the problem down to simplest form. I get it. This is one problem:

These are the steps to complete the problem. While effective, I don't see it as efficient. 

It's breaking down the process of how one can go about subtracting 379 from 442 quickly.  You bring both to the tens digit first, then the hundreds digit. 

 Diagramming it out like that is just one way to illustrate the process, but once you master this approach it is very fast and you can do it in your head. 

And yes you could just teach a kid to use a calculator but studies have shown us that children who mostly learn with calculators don't actually understand place value and tend to be ... bad at math.  

You must be an intellectual elitist.

Many people have told me that I am.  But then... many people are often wrong.

I just thought you were an asśhole

Guilty as charged.  #lifegoals

DuckDogDr

Playing with a pair of sticky hands at work

theyolksonyou

Feeling the need to hit the sack.  

JohnInCarolina

theyolksonyou said:

Feeling the need to hit the sack.  

Don’t hurt yourself man.

theyolksonyou

Too busy with the youngest and the dog.  40 min drive with a 7:30 start for the last day before 11 off.  

lousubcap

theyolksonyou said:

Too busy with the youngest and the dog.  40 min drive with a 7:30 start for the last day before 11 off.  

For 11 off you can stand on your head for the night...=)

Enjoy the break!

nolaegghead

The DIY surgeon decided the abscess was too deep and chickened out....in the morning...to the Vet!

st¡ke

Botch said:

thetrim said:

Wow, you cracked a toilet seat and they're replacing them all?!?

Apparently his BM was like a cherry bomb, and blew the seats off the entire system. 

nolaegghead

seems like this is the aftermath of every woodworking project.  /sigh

thetrim

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/part-3-apollo-8-the-far-side

Today is the anniversary of when man first went beyond low earth orbit.  Interesting that today is Friday.

Enjoy the ride, fellas!

GATraveller

Waiting for my phone to ring........I sent the wife to the butcher's shop to pick up the 5 bone standing rib roast I ordered.  Sticker shock in 3....2.....1....

northGAcock

GATraveller said:

Waiting for my phone to ring........I sent the wife to the butcher's shop to pick up the 5 bone standing rib roast I ordered.  Sticker shock in 3....2.....1....

I got mine yesterday....same bone size. Between that and the Very large Honey Baked Han.....it was a hard day. Fills the hell out of the frig though. 

GATraveller

northGAcock said:

GATraveller said:

Waiting for my phone to ring........I sent the wife to the butcher's shop to pick up the 5 bone standing rib roast I ordered.  Sticker shock in 3....2.....1....

I got mine yesterday....same apron size. Between that and the Very large Honey Baked Han.....it was a hard day. Fills the hell out of the frig though. 

I'd say Honey Baked is a racket if it wasn't so dang tasty.  

SamIAm2

nolaegghead said:

seems like this is the aftermath of every woodworking project.  /sigh

"You can NEVER have too many clamps" - until it is time to put them away. Somehow we never hear that second part.

CPFC1905

We sneaked below the radar last wee, so here goes again.

This weekend I will be mostly eating smash burgers while watching the Premier League action. 

Wolves at Liverpool.  Fun and an away win.  1-2 the Reds

Tomorrow I will be eating Burnt Ends while watching;

Arsenal beating a stubborn Burnley, 2-0 in the end - both goals int he second half.

The South Coast ‘derby’ will see Bournemouth rediscover their winning ways with a 2-1 against the dirty Seagulls 

Chelsea and Leicester could be fun, but the London boys will win, 2-1.

Huddersfield welcome the new manager led Southampton.  Two weeks ago a bore fest, but this time the visitors will have enough and take a 1-0 back to Hampshire. 

Palace’s turn to lose 3-0 up at Man City.

Newcastle have found their stride and will beat Fulham, just. Could be 3-2.  Probably won't be. 

West Ham are in prime for and Watford are hot and cold. However I am feeling a 2-2.

Stoke will smash Millwall, at least 4-0.  Sorry @eoin

Then, Ola Ole! the baby faced assassin is back to rescue poor under-dogs Man Utd from their own gluttony and sloth.  They will beat Cardiff and frankly I want to hear no more about them all season. 

On Sunday, Spurs will confront the mediocre Everton.  A 1-0 nil away win.

And this is silly season with 4 games in 10 days.  Expect the last pair of games to be tepid miserable affairs played out by the injured, exhausted plus unknown players from the reserves. 

Ribeye.  Butts,  Tenderloin.  Plate setter.

Eoin

CPFC1905 said:

We sneaked below the radar last wee, so here goes again.

This weekend I will be mostly eating smash burgers while watching the Premier League action. 

Wolves at Liverpool.  Fun and an away win.  1-2 the Reds

Tomorrow I will be eating Burnt Ends while watching;

Arsenal beating a stubborn Burnley, 2-0 in the end - both goals int he second half.

The South Coast ‘derby’ will see Bournemouth rediscover their winning ways with a 2-1 against the dirty Seagulls 

Chelsea and Leicester could be fun, but the London boys will win, 2-1.

Huddersfield welcome the new manager led Southampton.  Two weeks ago a bore fest, but this time the visitors will have enough and take a 1-0 back to Hampshire. 

Palace’s turn to lose 3-0 up at Man City.

Newcastle have found their stride and will beat Fulham, just. Could be 3-2.  Probably won't be. 

West Ham are in prime for and Watford are hot and cold. However I am feeling a 2-2.

Stoke will smash Millwall, at least 4-0.  Sorry @eoin

Then, Ola Ole! the baby faced assassin is back to rescue poor under-dogs Man Utd from their own gluttony and sloth.  They will beat Cardiff and frankly I want to hear no more about them all season. 

On Sunday, Spurs will confront the mediocre Everton.  A 1-0 nil away win.

And this is silly season with 4 games in 10 days.  Expect the last pair of games to be tepid miserable affairs played out by the injured, exhausted plus unknown players from the reserves. 

Ribeye.  Butts,  Tenderloin.  Plate setter.

You're safe in this thread, plenty of cooking as well. Get a new footy only thread running, the OT thread count needs raising.

Botch

nolaegghead said:

seems like this is the aftermath of every woodworking project.  /sigh

Just need to build a rack!
 

 
And, since I was in the shop with my camera, here's my tool chest:
 

 

milesvdustin

A majority of my tools go in a bucket so I at least know where they are 

nolaegghead

@Botch  -- Nice!

Yeah, I do have a couple racks for clamps.  I've been ribbed on a number of occasions when observed buying more clamps (you can never have too many).  However, there have been occasions where I've had almost all in use at once.

SonVolt

Trying to figure out WTF is going on with my iPhone and why it's storing images in some new HEIC format nonsense that my Windows 10 machine doesn't recognize. 

pgprescott

Warming my ears. Happy Holidays to you and yours @stlcharcoal

Eoin

Botch said:

nolaegghead said:

seems like this is the aftermath of every woodworking project.  /sigh

Just need to build a rack!
 

 
And, since I was in the shop with my camera, here's my tool chest:
 

 

That's OCD. My workshop is a mess. My desk too. I do know where stuff is though. Mostly.

DoubleEgger

Botch said:

nolaegghead said:

seems like this is the aftermath of every woodworking project.  /sigh

Just need to build a rack!
 

 
And, since I was in the shop with my camera, here's my tool chest:
 

 

And why aren’t you selling custom egg handles? 

pgprescott

Eoin said:

Botch said:

nolaegghead said:

seems like this is the aftermath of every woodworking project.  /sigh

Just need to build a rack!
 

 
And, since I was in the shop with my camera, here's my tool chest:
 

 

That's OCD. My workshop is a mess. My desk too. I do know where stuff is though. Mostly.

Not a real serious OCD case as all the clamps are not hanging with the clamp open to precisely the same position. Quite nice and neat though for sure.