Catherine

Danger Will Robinson!

Not so much rarer than the super-nerdy will have already made their reservations. Some of us (like me) who can't travel for whatever reason have their welding glasses, cardboard screen and cardboard pinhole cameras, and live-stream feeds bookmarked, all set and ready to go too.

I got that notice, too - and plan to watch the live feed since we'll only get 63% occlusion here. I've heard of other companies closing for a specified time (through my husband) but none that offered a link to their own live feed. They have just been the best. As reluctant as I was to leave ATX, my only regret is not having jumped ship earlier.

@Elrod - reminds me of the "Improbability Drive" sequence from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" movie, where they all get turned into yarn figures and then back to people except Arthur Dent barfs up yarn... (My older daughter actually knit a Marvin the Paranoid Android - I have it still ['cuz she left it behind when she moved out].)

And nausea!

Absorbed into the Zero Point Energy that sustains the universe. mwa-hah-hah!

Might depend on what you are keeping. I had an ex-client, who had been through a move and a divorce in the intervening years, contact me for records relating to an international adoption. She had lost track of them, the tax return for the year involved, and the CD with the password-protected pdf's too. I still had them, and was able to provide her with a new set (for a fee) that seriously saved her bacon when she needed to prove something related to that adoption for the youngster's school. Those were all a good ten years old, and I only had them because I have not taken the time to purge my files of records that old. (They were buried in a backup and I did charge her for the time and trouble, and she paid happily, before I released anything.)

Ah, you're right. I forgot they got the $100 bill back.Comes from answering while I was dealing with a question from my assistant. Missed a crucial bit. I stand corrected!

$200 - unless you want to get finicky and say that they did not technically "lose" the foregone profit on the $70 of goods, but rather just the COGS. Except I'd counter that they also lost the profit on those goods for not selling them to a non-crook. Yeah, they got $70 in cash back - in exchange for the same value of goods. Whether it's cash or goods, the value is still gone.

Oh, yeah, baby....

I did research on this back in junior high school in the early 70's (if memory serves) to make sure of it. Hard to do, back in the days of libraries only! I found out the limitations of the local branch very quickly and had to go to the main branch "downtown" to find out. The main branch had more than two rooms of books...

I have an ancient set of welding glasses that belonged to my grandfather that I use to view eclipses. They're great. Full rectangular pane, rather than little squares. But they are heavy to hold up.

An acquaintance of mine lived in the UK for some time and had an ancient Mini Cooper (one of the original, really tiny ones) that was so old it only had three gears left: reverse, first, and third. Second and fourth were toast. No key needed, either - ignition system was also worn out. He left it unlocked and (when not raining) with windows open. It was stolen a number of times; each time he found it abandoned at the side of the road within two blocks of its parking spot. It became almost a game to him, searching for his car.

A friend of my husband is going to Missouri to take photos; he is an amateur astronomer. We'll see about 63% occlusion here.

Except I recall the very *great* frustration with ATX when the jump-to bunny took me around in a total circle, *never* showing me where the problem was. Usually ended up being interference from a completely separate area, or an over-ride that was needed to stop the program from doing something bone-headed. I thought I'd detest the non-forms-based structure of Drake, and there are times I miss the jump-to bunny (less, with some of the new features), but I'd never go back.

Ah, Cap'n, the engines cannae tak' much more!

Idiot never learned about "stop, drop, and roll," did he?

If not, I want to know what insurance company will over-pay on a claim! (Their rates should be outrageous, or they'll go under. Pick one - maybe both.)

Not sure why you would be splitting revenue if you are paying 1 to 1.5 of gross, unless this is part of the payment plan. Make sure you have provisions saying what happens if revenue exceeds prior year, and if revenue is less than prior year. You don't want to end up paying him full freight if even a fifth of the clientele leave.

When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream, and shout! (RA Heinlein) I have absolutely NO clue - but thought you might get a chuckle out of the quote.

Now I want cookies... hoist on my own petard!

I think the theobroma cacao is in small chip form, not melted. Else yes, they would be chocolate. A sieve size should probably have been specified - although personal taste varies. Some like large chunks, and some prefer mini-morsels or standard chips.

Me, too! Too many years in a research chemistry lab.

Nerd humor; from a friend Ingredients: 532.35 cm3 gluten 4.9 cm3 NaHCO3 4.9 cm3 refined halite 236.6 cm3 partially hydrogenated tallow triglyceride 177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11 177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11 4.9 cm3 methyl ether of protocatechuic aldehyde Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein 473.2 cm3 theobroma cacao 236.6 cm3 de-encapsulated legume meats (sieve size #10) To a 2-L jacketed round reactor vessel (reactor #1) with an overall heat transfer coefficient of about 100 Btu/F-ft2-hr, add ingredients 1, 2 and 3 with constant agitation. In a second 2-L reactor vessel with a radial flow impeller operating at 100 rpm, add ingredients 4, 5, 6, and 7 until the mixture is homogenous. To reactor #2, add ingredient 8, followed by three equal volumes of the homogenous mixture in reactor #1. Additionally, add ingredient 9 and 10 slowly, with constant agitation. Care must be taken at this point in the reaction to control any temperature rise that may be the result of an exothermic reaction. Using a screw extrude attached to a #4 nodulizer, place the mixture piece-meal on a 316SS sheet (300 x 600 mm). Heat in a 460K oven for a period of time that is in agreement with Frank & Johnston's first order rate expression (see JACOS, 21, 55), or until golden brown. Once the reaction is complete, place the sheet on a 25C heat-transfer table, allowing the product to come to equilibrium. Enjoy!

A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering...