Random Thoughts Thread

[Blarg]

It is the 2nd worst coffee I've ever had. 

My current addiction is Lavazza from Torino Italy. I drink it straight, no cream or sweeteners. 

[arch stanton]

That's how I drink all my coffee

[Redondo]

Speaking of coffee we have been drinking Kauai coffee and it's really good.

Tried a flavored one called mocha macadamia nut. I'm not really into flavored coffee, but this was delicious for a change.

 

 

 

[Tank]

no sugar and no cream? 

what kind of daredevils are you?

[Lou]

Coffee snob alert!

[T.G.]

 

[T.G.]

Chaka Khan singing the National Anthem at the NBA All-Star game was as bad as Fergie's rendition.

It was painful.

[Blarg]

Last night I was on an email chain that was discussing a new contestant card for, are you ready for this?

Senior Citizen Bachelors and Bachelorettes.

Yup, coming this fall is going to be a more mature Bachelor looking for love in all of the geriatic places. I can hardly wait for the date where the contestant falls and breaks their hip. Or at the rose cerimony someone heart attacks out and we have to spend the next group date at the crematorium. 

The funny part is this show has been on so long the first Bachelor may just qualify age wise to do a repeat. 

[Blarg]

I would totally game the system knowing all of the shortcuts to a quick fantasy suite hookup. 

[Adam]

I have insane diarrhea right now. On the toilet 45 of last 60 minutes. Too much MCT oil this morning

[Lou]

On 4/20/2019 at 9:51 PM, Taylor said:

Pouring a bowl of cereal and then realizing you have no milk.

 

On 8/29/2019 at 6:27 PM, Taylor said:

It's like pouring a bowl of your favorite cereal, only to find you don't have any milk. 

 

Will somebody please buy Taylor some milk?

[T.G.]

Dwight from Anaheim is a slow learner.

[Tank]

56 minutes ago, Lou said:

 

 

Will somebody please buy Taylor some milk?

@Taylor i know a guy. i can hook you up. DM me for details.

[St1ck]

4 minutes ago, Tank said:

@Taylor i know a guy. i can hook you up. DM me for details.

Vegan milk 

 

[Tank]

27 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Vegan milk 

 

that's because you always get it as left over milk two or three days after we've used it.

come to the back porch tonight and i'll share some of this with you. it's outstanding!

[notherhalo]

dental plan

[arch stanton]

 

Any of you Eurotravelers ever had  one of these? It's shaped like a turd and a little hard to chew but it's pretty freakin tasty

[Redondo]

4 hours ago, calscuf said:

A lot of public notices you see by politicians these days have someone doing sign language translations.  I don’t know much about sign language but why are they all so animated?  Does sign language include exaggerated facial and body expressions by the person doing it?  Not trying to be a dick, I’m genuinely wondering.

Some of them are really animated.

Is it the same for all languages?  I had to look it up. It's not.

American Sign Language | NIDCD

www.nidcd.nih.gov › health › american-sign-language

There is no universal sign language. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions. For example, British Sign Language (BSL) is a different language from ASL, and Americans who know ASL may not understand BSL

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, Redondo said:

Some of them are really animated.

Is it the same for all languages?  I had to look it up. It's not.

American Sign Language | NIDCD

www.nidcd.nih.gov › health › american-sign-language

There is no universal sign language. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions. For example, British Sign Language (BSL) is a different language from ASL, and Americans who know ASL may not understand BSL

That was one of the conversations at Camp this weekend.  Whether say Americans and British people who sign could talk to each other.  I understand that when they spell out words, it could be different depending on the language.  But you would think that the sign for a tree would be the same across all sign languages.

And BTW, this only came up because the bucket list of one of the guys at camp is to have sex with a deaf person.  And it's because he wants to hear what kind of sounds she makes when she can't hear what kind of sounds she makes.

[Tank]

11 hours ago, calscuf said:

A lot of public notices you see by politicians these days have someone doing sign language translations.  I don’t know much about sign language but why are they all so animated?  Does sign language include exaggerated facial and body expressions by the person doing it?  Not trying to be a dick, I’m genuinely wondering.

We’ve been wondering the same thing. It’s pretty entertaining to watch them. 
We’re also curious why they do some kind of tag team after a few minutes of signing and have a reliever come in to finish.

[arch stanton]

So how many kids do you think end up being named Covid?

[Redondo]

42 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

So how many kids do you think end up being named Covid?

Lol. Probably will be a few.

[Slegnaac]

On 3/22/2020 at 11:47 PM, calscuf said:

A lot of public notices you see by politicians these days have someone doing sign language translations.  I don’t know much about sign language but why are they all so animated?  Does sign language include exaggerated facial and body expressions by the person doing it?  Not trying to be a dick, I’m genuinely wondering.

When I was managing a Shipping Department I had a guy named Joe that worked as a Packer, he was Deaf.  El Camino College had an ASL Interpreter program, so I started taking Sign Language classes at night.  Yes, the "animation" is part of the communication process.  Sometimes you will see the Interpreter puff out their cheeks, it is to give emphasis to what they are signing with their hands.  So puffing your cheeks and signing "hard" with your hands, would mean really hard.  The facial expressions give nuance to what they are signing. 

As a side note, my interaction with Joe completely changed.  We started "talking" about sports, politics and all sorts of things that we had never done prior to my learning ASL.  I found out that he was an avid bowler, and that time I was into bowling as well.  He was in a deaf league, and I went a few times and subbed on his team.  It was really cool to be able to "talk" with the other people at the lanes.

 

[Slegnaac]

On 3/23/2020 at 11:27 AM, Tank said:

We’ve been wondering the same thing. It’s pretty entertaining to watch them. 
We’re also curious why they do some kind of tag team after a few minutes of signing and have a reliever come in to finish.

As I recall professional interpreters switch off to help minimize repetitive motion injuries. 

[arch stanton]

6 minutes ago, calscuf said:

That’s cool.  So did you bang any deaf chicks?

I have a story but not for this board