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Post by Pacifica on Nov 15, 2024 17:05:05 GMT
Almost closing your eyes also works to see Marilyn.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 15, 2024 17:12:32 GMT
Indeed. And I see someone who looks roughly like her, but not really her. Maybe I just don't know her face well enough though.
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Post by terentiusfaber on Nov 15, 2024 18:19:51 GMT
I see Einstein after he lost a fight with a bottle of talc.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 15, 2024 18:55:40 GMT
I'm shortsighted. It looks like Einstein at normal distance, but more like Marilyn if I hold the phone as close as I can than if I look at it from far away.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 15, 2024 19:08:36 GMT
When I look really close, I still see Einstein.
Squinting (as in crossing one's eyes, not closing them) works pretty well to see Monroe for me.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 17, 2024 4:30:40 GMT
Saw five boars and two deers on the road tonight. It would have been more than average a few years ago, but it's exceptional given current standards. In fact, I hadn't seen a boar in quite a while, which I have no good explanation for.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 19, 2024 18:08:12 GMT
Mighty rain storm here. It hadn't rained in a while, after months of seemingly non-stop rain.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 19, 2024 18:08:52 GMT
A bit of wind too, but not nearly enough. Where are my autumn wind storms?!
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Post by terentiusfaber on Nov 21, 2024 17:42:30 GMT
Storm Bert heard your call!
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Post by kizolk on Nov 21, 2024 18:15:38 GMT
Indeed! It is a thing of beauty. I had to drive a bit, and yeah, it's slippery alright and I couldn't see much most of the time. It hadn't happened in a long time.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 23, 2024 20:45:11 GMT
I may have asked this before, because it's the sort of thing I forget, but how is Leffe pronounced in francophone Belgium, given that it's a Dutch name? Or France, for that matter, but I don't know if they are in the habit of importing it there.
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Post by kizolk on Nov 23, 2024 21:01:51 GMT
It's among the 6-7 brands you can find in most French supermarkets. It also happens to be my go-to beer when I have to bring something to a party, together with Grimbergen. I'm rather unimaginative when it comes to bringing food/drinks, so beer is the easy way out considering the kind of friends I have, and Leffe/Grim are an okay compromise between quality and price for most people.
We pronounce it /lɛf/ here. I'm not sure I've ever heard it pronounced by a Belgian person.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 23, 2024 23:25:21 GMT
We pronounce it /lɛf/ here. Here too. |
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Post by terentiusfaber on Nov 24, 2024 21:39:34 GMT
This looks like it's getting serious.
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Post by terentiusfaber on Nov 30, 2024 20:07:01 GMT
I have ordered my Christmas present to me. (Sounds a bit Mr Bean, but there you go.) I bought the first four volumes of the Cambridge Ancient History (Vol.s 1 & 2, Parts 1 & 2), plus the book of plates that goes with them. Maybe Santa can arrange for me the time to read them, because I'd dearly love to.
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