The Official Status Thread
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Like I'd believe that British people bowl!
They do, but they're talking about cricket instead.
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cricket
The only sport where a googly can be caught by silly mid-off, and be taken seriously.And yes, they're all genuine cricket terms.
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And yes, they're all genuine cricket terms.
That's why I refuse to learn anything about it other than what I read in the various HHGTTG books.
Although there's a local park I walk through from time to time that a bunch of people are playing it.
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silly mid-off
IIRC that's a description either of a particular part of the field, or a particular wedge of a circle from the center of the field (or the player who's in that position) or something like that, isn't it?
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It's a fielding position; specifically, it's mid-wicket (halfway between the stumps), pretty much on the edge of the wicket itself, and on the opposite side from the batter's legs.
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I always thought that cricket was proof that “deep square leg” need not induce sniggering.
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Ha! When I think about the ugly hacks of my Web 1.0 days. Rounded edge images. Color attributes.
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Status: Well, at least the League of Legends servers' meltdown from today's patch is making my decision about whether or not to watch tonight's Republican debate a lot easier.
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status was reading the status thread, accidentally hit the "end" key. Lost my place, and there's no way I'm Discoscrolling back 100+ posts to try to find where I was.
Infiniscrolling. A Good Idea.
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It's been fairly simple in previous cars, and it's not the worst to do.
The Renault Mégane 3, for example, requires the headlight unit to be partially removed.
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@loopback0 said:
Where the fuck is there a bowling alley which charges extra for bowling shoes?!
Where isn't there? It's like $2 though, so it's not like you broke the bank.
I've never encountered that in bowling alleys in Belgium. You just leave the shoes you were wearing when you come in and sometimes your ID card as extra pledge? security? earnest? (Google Translate and my ESL heuristics aren't really helpful in finding the word I mean).
Do you also have to pay rent for ice skates at a skating rink?
Just enough to keep bums from stealing them.
No one wouldn't want to be caught dead wearing those clown shoes.
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Status: Waiting for system re-initialization. Sometimes it sucks having biological parts...
First read that as "parents". Reading what you actually wrote solved some very strange questions that popped up :)
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I always thought that cricket was proof that “deep square leg” need not induce sniggering.
I regret[1] to inform you that you are, in fact, wrong, and that that phrase does, in fact, need to induce sniggering[2]
[1] That is a lie.
[2] And of course we're both racist for using that word.
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Do you also have to pay rent for ice skates at a skating rink?
usually, yes. Ditto guns at a range (and sometimes safety goggles and/or headphones).
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didn't suffice?
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If you get the money back, it's called a deposit.
It's not money, it's your own shoes and an issued by the government ID card (a driver's licence in the US is equivalent I guess).
You get those back when you return the shoes owned by the bowling alley.
Does "deposit" always mean money or does it apply to other property too?
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@OffByOne said:
Do you also have to pay rent for ice skates at a skating rink?
usually, yes. Ditto guns at a range (and sometimes safety goggles and/or headphones).
The same arrangement for bowling shoes applies to ice skates here. You give something of "value" (your shoes and possibly an official document belonging to you) in exchange for the skates and you get those back when you return the skates.
Since I've never been to a shooting range, I have no idea how that's arranged.
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It's not money, it's your own shoes and an issued by the government ID card (a driver's licence in the US is equivalent I guess).
OIC.
Does "deposit" always mean money or does it apply to other property too?
You could still use that word. "Collateral" is probably better, but most people would probably still use deposit.
In general, though, people wouldn't actually use either one: "Ok, I'll get you a set of size 9s, but you'll need to leave your shoes and driver's license".
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Does "deposit" always mean money or does it apply to other property too?
I think it basically means 'something of value'
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Since I've never been to a shooting range, I have no idea how that's arranged.
Actually, I was thinking wrong--it's been about a decade since I've used a range's guns. You actually rent them. Typically it would be something like you pay $25 and can use any number of the range's guns. But you're required to buy bullets in their guns, whereas if you bring one, you can bring your own bullets. The store's prices for ammo will probably be a little higher than what you'd pay buying elsewhere.
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I think it basically means 'something of value'
I was going to say you can also use the word "surety", except Google's definition implies it has to be money, and I didn't want to get into the weeds. Informally most people who don't have shoulder aliens, like our resident rat, would understand the synonym even if it is technically wrong.
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@OffByOne said:
Does "deposit" always mean money or does it apply to other property too?
You could still use that word. "Collateral" is probably better, but most people would probably still use deposit.
In general, though, people wouldn't actually use either one: "Ok, I'll get you a set of size 9s, but you'll need to leave your shoes and driver's license".
I was looking for a single word to describe that. Is there one in English?
EDIT: kind of 'd by your previous post.
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Reading what you actually wrote solved some very strange questions that popped up
Well if you have any left, there's a whole AMA thread dedicated to
this
. Did the popped up questions sit back down properly after becoming answered?
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Well if you have any [questions] left, there's a whole AMA thread dedicated to
this
.Those were questions about your parents, not you
Did the popped up questions sit back down properly after becoming answered?
Yes, otherwise I would have asked them ;)
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Those were questions about your parents, not you
TIL you can answer questions about someone's parents via typo....
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TIL you can answer questions about someone's parents via typo....
You didn't make a typo, I made a reado ;)
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I was looking for a single word to describe that. Is there one in English?
Pfft, there's like 5. In a pinch any of the ones I used above will work, but "deposit" is probably the most common.
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@OffByOne said:
I was looking for a single word to describe that. Is there one in English?
Pfft, there's like 5. In a pinch any of the ones I used above will work, but "deposit" is probably the most common.
Logged away for future reference. Anyway, I tried to say in a concise way that you give them something of value to you (but not money) in exchange for something they have that you need (bowling shoes) and you get back what you gave when you return what you received.
"Deposit" didn't come up on Google Translate, but I feel that's reflecting what I wanted to convey.
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Pfft, there's like 5. In a pinch any of the ones I used above will work, but "deposit" is probably the most common.
I would say that "collateral" is probably the most correct when looking for a word that says:
you give them something of value to you (but not money) in exchange for something they have that you need (bowling shoes) and you get back what you gave when you return what you received.
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I would say that "collateral" is probably the most correct
My brain always associates that with "collateral damage". The noun probably doesn't have the same connotation as the adjective for a native English speaker?
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My brain always associates that with "collateral damage". The noun probably doesn't have the same connotation as the adjective for a native English speaker?
noun
1.
security pledged for the payment of a loan:adjective
4.
accompanying; auxiliary:Never given it much consideration, but you are correct that they are only vaguely similar in connotation.
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That thread doesn't seem to be dedicated to
this
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That thread doesn't seem to be dedicated to this
Well it depends on context, doesn't it?
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Yeah, and I mentioned that one.
But the difference between it and deposit is kind of like French and Anglo-Saxon root words in English.
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"Deposit" didn't come up on Google Translate
I forget, aren't you Japanese? Put "deposit" in to GT, English->Japanese, and the 5th result is
保管 storage, custody, safekeeping, deposit, charge
Of these, deposit is, again, the best word in this context.
For "Collateral" I would suspect this is the best translation of those given:
裏付けsupport, backing, proof, collateral, assurance, guarantee
Although primarily the last three, because all three mean, in this context, "I am giving you something of value of mine to hold in exchange for the temporary use of something of value of yours." But collateral would be by far the most commonly used word of those three.
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My brain always associates that with "collateral damage"
付帯 incidental, accessory, collateral, secondary
"incidental" would be the best synonym for "collateral" in this case.
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That thread doesn't seem to be dedicated to this
It would probably be worth @boomzilla Jeffing this into another thread
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You mean
this
of course
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It would probably be worth @boomzilla Jeffing this into another thread
Worth it to whom?
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2-1 on shot glass wagers.
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Status: I'm not appreciating the future foretold by the rumbling noises extended from my intestines...
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Status: How many more hours left in this shift? Goddamn.
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Worth it to whom?
Whoever doesn't wanna hear someone like Blakey fussing about topic drift.
I mean, not you, but nobody else cares about that, because of mod disuse.
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- Blakey can eat a bag of dicks about topic drift. It happens, get-the-fuck-over-it. That's just how shit-round-here-rolls.
2).....See point 1.
Status: I love when I hear about "support tickets" in the fifth-person...
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One less hour since you posted that.
Glad I could help.
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Indeed. Only fifteen minutes until I get to start doing the thing I had to stay up for!