Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://www.stripes.com/report-senior...-gain-1.370781

Nice work, if you can get it, eh? So much for any kind of service except self-service.

[Xyzzy]

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[davar55]

I guess VW stands for Veemadeamistake Weeadmitit (my German's a little rusty.....).

[kladner]

Originally Posted by davar55

I guess VW stands for Veemadeamistake Weeadmitit (my German's a little rusty.....).

Close enough, though admitting it took a while. Then too, it wasn't really a mistake. It was a calculated deception. But I am quibbling.

[jasong]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society...pse-apocalpyse

If I may make my own apocalypse prediction, intended to be taken with the same seriousness as any random Mersenne prime prediction, I'd like to make the following observation.

If memory serves(?) Jewish year 1 is about 4004BC. If you add 6066 to that(my own take on six, three score and 6) you get 2062.

That's my ultra-casual prediction, the world will end in 2062. It's also based on the idea that 1996(2 upside down 6s and a right-side up one) is 2 years before 1998, which is 666*3 and 1999 has 666 upside down. And 1996 plus 66 is 2062.

I was still rather bad off with my mental health in the years from 1996 to 1999, which is how I originally got obsessed with these years. Now it's just a casual memory, something to be mentioned in passing when someone with a mental illness totally accepts that their sick. It's cathartic to mention it periodically. Another memory that felt incredibly important years ago, or maybe my brain made it up, is that if you take Osama Bin Laden and switch a couple letters, you get Obama sin laden. Conspiracy theories, ftw.

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by jasong

If memory serves(?) Jewish year 1 is about 4004BC.

Incorrect. You are citing Archbishop Usher's number. That is based upon the birth of Jesus at 4 BC. That figure is off. The current Jewish year is 5776

If you add 6066 to that(my own take on six, three score and 6) you get 2062.

666 has nothing to do with time. If you want to work the numbers on time, you have to look at Daniel, not Revelation. Beside, your "take on six, three score and 6" is wrong. Quoting from the KJV skews your concept of numbers (I have personally looked into this.) Numbers in the original were typically written in a numeric form, not a verbal form. The term 'score', i.e. 20, is not in the original, it was put in by the translators. The number is more accurately portrayed in the text as 666, not six hundred sixty six. This goes for the Old and New Testaments.

That's my ultra-casual prediction, the world will end in 2062. It's also based on the idea that 1996(2 upside down 6s and a right-side up one) is 2 years before 1998, which is 666*3 and 1999 has 666 upside down. And 1996 plus 66 is 2062.

The shape of the numbers that you use have NOTHING to do with any of the numbers expressed in the Bible. If you want a good solid examination of the numbers from the book of Daniel, look at Isaac Newton's examination of the matter. Look at Matt 24:36, Mark 13:32, and Acts 1:6-7

Again, I will extend to you the offer, once again, if you want to discuss these matters more, please PM me. It will be vastly more beneficial to you to discuss this in private.

[ewmayer]

Random Amazon side-track fun find:

While looking for something (locking-ring drill depth stop) in AMZN hardware, this popped up in my search - that's some sale discount - pre-owned by Sauron the dark lord, mayhap?

Men's Titanium 8MM Flat High Polish/Brush Finish Wedding Band Ring w/ FREE gift box (Sizes 7 to 13.5)

Also available in Tungsten carbide!

These remind me of the stainless steel (?) wedding band Ed Harris's character sports in The Abyss, the one he pulls off in a fit a pique at his ex-wife and tosses into the nearest chem-blue porta-toilet, only to regret it, retrieve the ring (which leaves his retrieving arm dyed blue up to the bicep for the rest of the movie) and have it end up saving his life later on.

[jasong]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/deta...tm_source=fark

For any NSA people reading this, I mean this facetiously, but, apparently, I'm at high risk for killing large numbers of people.

[wombatman]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Random Amazon side-track fun find:

While looking for something (locking-ring drill depth stop) in AMZN hardware, this popped up in my search - that's some sale discount - pre-owned by Sauron the dark lord, mayhap?

Men's Titanium 8MM Flat High Polish/Brush Finish Wedding Band Ring w/ FREE gift box (Sizes 7 to 13.5)

Also available in Tungsten carbide!

These remind me of the stainless steel (?) wedding band Ed Harris's character sports in The Abyss, the one he pulls off in a fit a pique at his ex-wife and tosses into the nearest chem-blue porta-toilet, only to regret it, retrieve the ring (which leaves his retrieving arm dyed blue up to the bicep for the rest of the movie) and have it end up saving his life later on.

I have a similar wedding band (also tungsten carbide) to replace my platinum one that I managed to crack in half at the point of some engraving. I can bang my tungsten carbide ring around all day long and never do any damage to it. Highly recommended at $30.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by wombatman

I have a similar wedding band (also tungsten carbide) to replace my platinum one that I managed to crack in half at the point of some engraving. I can bang my tungsten carbide ring around all day long and never do any damage to it. Highly recommended at $30.

But what do you use to engrave it?

[wombatman]

Honestly, I have no idea. But it came with an engraving done on it in the style of a Celtic knot type of thing. Goes all the around the band. My guess would be some kind of laser etching.

Fake edit: And a quick google search confirms my guess: http://www.tungstenworld.com/Tungste...n-Be-Engraved/