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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:21:20 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>>> See, now I *suck* at wrapping things. I seem to have scisors that are
>>> too blunt to cut the paper,
>>
>> Ha! You need a Swiss Army Knife for Christmas ;)
>
>You can't cut paper with a knife, man!!
Three things.
1. If you can't cut paper with a knife, then your knife is not sharp
enough. I test my knife by shaving the edge off a cigarette paper.
2. Swiss army knifes generally have a pair of scissors.
3. The best way to cut paper with scissors is not to use a cutting motion
but to start the cut then glide the scissors through the paper.
Like Phil I'm good at wrapping things. :)
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Stephen
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:22:07 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>> Have a brownie point.
>
>>> Question: How many brownie points do you need to earn before you can
>>> redeem them for an actual brownie?
>
>> Perve! :)
>
>Heh. I did think about commenting on the double-meaning, but I figured
>somebody might think... oh well, never mind! :-P
No one here would do such a thing :)
http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/brownies/
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Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/brownies/
"This area is for cool, highly intelligent and fantastically fantastic
brownies!"
How intelligent do you need to be to use a phrase like "fantastically
fantastic"? :-P
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>> You can't cut paper with a knife, man!!
>
> Three things.
> 1. If you can't cut paper with a knife, then your knife is not sharp
> enough. I test my knife by shaving the edge off a cigarette paper.
Right. And after you've used the knife trice, it'll be blunt. :-P
> 2. Swiss army knifes generally have a pair of scissors.
Now that's more like it...
> 3. The best way to cut paper with scissors is not to use a cutting motion
> but to start the cut then glide the scissors through the paper.
Yes - but only if they're sharp.
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> The problem is, after 4 months the battery in a laptop stops working, so
> it must be permanently connected to the mains anyway.
I know others have commented, but let's add to the statistics. My Macbook is
nearly 3 years old and still runs for 2-3 hours on a full battery. To be fair,
it's more like 1-2 hours if I'm using the wireless and/or intermittently
rendering, which is most of the time :). If I'm rendering continuously it won't
last more than an hour, but that's not so different from when it was new.
I tend to plug it in when it gets nearly empty, then use it connected until I'm
done for the evening then put it to sleep. I also hardly ever turn it off, not
sure if that makes any difference.
Bill
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:04:39 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> You can't cut paper with a knife, man!!
>>
>> Three things.
>> 1. If you can't cut paper with a knife, then your knife is not sharp
>> enough. I test my knife by shaving the edge off a cigarette paper.
>
>Right. And after you've used the knife trice, it'll be blunt. :-P
>
Not if it's good steel. You can always sharpen it again too :P
>> 2. Swiss army knifes generally have a pair of scissors.
>
>Now that's more like it...
>
>> 3. The best way to cut paper with scissors is not to use a cutting motion
>> but to start the cut then glide the scissors through the paper.
>
>Yes - but only if they're sharp.
The best type.
Blunt knifes and scissors cause more accidents than sharp ones.
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Stephen
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:03:42 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>
>> http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/brownies/
>
>"This area is for cool, highly intelligent and fantastically fantastic
>brownies!"
>
>
>
>How intelligent do you need to be to use a phrase like "fantastically
>fantastic"? :-P
Between 7 and 10 years old ;)
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Stephen
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>> Right. And after you've used the knife trice, it'll be blunt. :-P
> Not if it's good steel. You can always sharpen it again too :P
Right. And how exactly do you sharpen a knife? :-P
> Blunt knifes and scissors cause more accidents than sharp ones.
Probably.
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>> How intelligent do you need to be to use a phrase like "fantastically
>> fantastic"? :-P
>
> Between 7 and 10 years old ;)
Isn't that kind of patronising to young girls who geniunely *are* highly
intelligent?
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And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:34:04 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did
spake thusly:
>>> You'll notice I purchased it from John Lewis. In other words, if there
>>> *is* a problem, I'll actually _get_ some ****ing _SERVICE_. ;-)
>> Indeed certain stores of a certain group don't have the best in
>> after-care service. It may cost a little more now, but it can often
>> make the difference.
>
> Indeed. I bought a large LCD computer monitor from John Lewis. After
> about 8 months, the backlight quit working. IIRC, it took something like
> a week for them to deliver a brand new replacement monitor and take the
> old one away. Which isn't bad really, eh?
Not bad.
> Also nice is the fact that their staff generally *have* a clue...
> although there's not what I'd call "experts", they at least have some
> idea what they're talking about.
>
> The only problem is that they don't sell a huge range of stuff. (Or at
> least, stuff I'd want to buy.) Having just said that, last week they
> sold me a Tilby and some rather fetching gloves...
Tilby? Hmm I'm trying to picture you in a trilby.
>> Obviously on commission :-P
>
> Clearly. ;-)
>
> On the other hand... don't you just hate it when you go somewhere and
> you're all like "yes, I'd like to buy this £2,000 item here please" and
> they're all like "meh, I can't be bothered, go away". (!!)
Nah never had that... oh wait ;-)
>>> And it only cost, like, £2 for the gift wrap. (YOU try wrapping
>>> something this big! It's not easy... They did a far better job than I
>>> ever could. Even if the wrapping paper *was* lame.)
>> Actually I'm not bad at wrapping various shapes up having had large
>> amounts of practice when young, sometimes it can be fun as in when I
>> wrapped up a round tin in two sheets of paper (simple silver foil and a
>> translucent gold) to make it look like a giant toffee.
>
> See, now I *suck* at wrapping things. I seem to have scisors that are
> too blunt to cut the paper,
And lo On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:07:40 -0000, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom>
did spake thusly:
> Ha! You need a Swiss Army Knife for Christmas ;)
Leatherman; let the fight begin :-)
> and a reel of tape that's wider in the center than at the edges, so the
> tape always curls when you pull it off.
Que?
> Plus the scisors won't get the tape either.
Wow how blunt are these scissors? Sounds like you need a whetstone.
> One thing I *have* discovered though... paper weights aren't just pretty
> to look at. Those buggers are USEFUL too!! ;-)
Mugs are also useful... especially if you can get them to just put their
finger there for just a moment.
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Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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