Apologies for leaving you languishing so long without another clue... my mum had a skirmish with gravity Wednesday night. She mostly used her face, poor thing :( She'll be okay though :) and even remembered me for a little while without too many formal introductions beforehand, which was really nice :) And I suppose it was one way of testing the electromagnetic forces between Bedford and Australia... which are still working fine if anyone is wondering :)
Will pop in with some tidbits in a while - after digesting everyone's intriguing offerings first of course :)
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Apologies for leaving you languishing so long without another clue... my mum had a skirmish with gravity Wednesday night. She mostly used her face, poor thing :( She'll be okay though :) and even remembered me for a little while without too many formal introductions beforehand, which was really nice :) And I suppose it was one way of testing the electromagnetic forces between Bedford and Australia... which are still working fine if anyone is wondering :)
Will pop in with some tidbits in a while - after digesting everyone's intriguing offerings first of course :)
:-(
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
But you have to admire his unfazed enthusiasm and, well... *expansively spread hands* ...the sheer density of his main brain bendy bone...
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Of course, maybe the plural was used to avoid having to say 'his' or 'her' or 'him',
*open mouth to sp...*
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...or maybe you should be looking for one sibling in a multiple birth event that occurred in a place that bangs on about (or used to) certain stuff (rather than said multiple birthees) and was in a year such as .... 1808, 1815, 1820, 1826, 1832, 1837, 1843, 1848, .....
Wel-...
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... This range has probably been even further foreshortened to more recent years by subsequent clues but, before said clues, I decided to find the years from 1800 onwards ....
*realise Gary may NOT have been sane at the start of the paragraph either...*
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Stuff this, I've got a farm that needs some tending to .... :-).
*note dull thud beneath ceiling fan* Mike :) Hello. You just missed Ga-...
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With those provisos I'll chance my arm...
*give entire world an I've-just-been-interrupted-AGAIN-scowl* Yes. Well. *slew light apertures erratically around sockets* Making yourself a bit more pointy during take off might save your main brain bendy bone getting whalloped again... but before you commit yourself... *wise frown* <- instructions available via PM ...have you considered the impact that will have on your flapping?
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...with Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus...
*sniff* I see. Clearly not.
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... whom I'd never heard of until now.
Well neither had I... and as your "now" came considerably before my "now" it would (at the very least) have been highly irresponsible for me to have chosen him - don't you think?
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... Discovered Vitamin D and other stuff, got a Nobel and all. Good lad. As for the other stuff ...
Yes... he's lovely... *smile sweetly* I know... NOW.
One thing I will say... Christmas day 1876 DID fall on a Monday :) and weirdly, it TOO is a leap year. So. A small success then... *drop eyelashes condescendingly into cup of tea* just a shame that it's completely the wrong one. Which reminds me... *dark stare round thread* ...distribution of twinkly stars are NOT appropriate in this round of LPTP # X I \\// or to give it it's full name: TLPTPAPWAG(OACNOPWGHBM)#WX I \\// people. No. Yes... I thought that would upset you :) <- and see how happy that made me! :)
@Chris, TL and David - awww... thanks :) A friend is going to spare me the nightmare that WAS travelling to see her by train, and take me by car today. Be able to cast my anniet light apertures over which bits she failed to turn purple :) and then give them a kiss :)
Okay... well you lot have delayed me long enough...
Clue time :)
The second time Christmas day fell on a Monday (after our mystery person was born) our mystery person turned 17 :) And then... some considerable time later (and after a full quotient of yearly Mondays) ... they got to see 17 additional ones.
Oh. Found this out last night whilst I was pottering about the internet... thought it was quite interesting at the time... had another look at it now and am not so sure... but never mind. :) I ran out of reliable clues after wandering into a conflicting warren of claims as to the paternity of some sciency stuff... so while I sort through that... :)
Did you know, that the name Obedience is currently the 76,213th most used name in the world? Apparently around 0.001% of persons (or at least 800) are called it. The site was kind enough to put it into some sort of perspective for us though :) *wait for murmurs of appreciation to die down*
Apparently einsteinians... it means "that this name is rarely used" I know! Groundshaking! :)
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Footnote to previously wrapped up old business: I got my check for my jury service. $10 for the first day, $15 thereafter (but there was no thereafter) and 7.0 miles @ $0.50 per mile. Total $17.00.
If I give the $10 to my employer, they will give me my full day's pay. As that amounts to considerably more than $10 (which amount is not even half an hour of my time), I will take that deal.
Anyway,
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The second time Christmas day fell on a Monday (after our mystery person was born) our mystery person turned 17 :) And then... some considerable time later (and after a full quotient of yearly Mondays) ... they got to see 17 additional ones.
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I've got it! Philip Mazzei, Dec. 25, 1730. 2 Monday Christmases hence was in 1747...... Oh wait. Died in 1816. Only saw 8 more Christmas Mondays. :(
Halley's Comet passed in 1747 for the first time since Halley identified it, and 2 Christmas Mondays hence was 1775, 17 years, but it's not a person and so not born or dead.
Now wait a minute. 17 more Christmas Mondays after their 17th birthday would indeed be "some considerable time later". If said person was born in, for example, 1780, then the 17th birthday would be 1797. 17 more Christmas Mondays from there comes out to 1927, so said person would have lived for at least 147 years. Are you sure this is correct?
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Back at the top, and
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Back at the top, and WINNING!!!!! :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
Apologies for leaving you
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Apologies for leaving you languishing so long without another clue... my mum had a skirmish with gravity Wednesday night. She mostly used her face, poor thing :( She'll be okay though :) and even remembered me for a little while without too many formal introductions beforehand, which was really nice :) And I suppose it was one way of testing the electromagnetic forces between Bedford and Australia... which are still working fine if anyone is wondering :)
Will pop in with some tidbits in a while - after digesting everyone's intriguing offerings first of course :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
Sorry to hear about Annie
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Sorry to hear about Annie Senior :-(
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Good morning everyone.
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Good morning everyone. :-)
Sorry to hear about your mom, Annie. :-( I hope she's OK.
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
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RE: Apologies for leaving
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:-(
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Back at the top, and
)
Back at the top, and WINNING!!!!! :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
RE: RE: Now we're after
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No. Me neither, Gary :) I think what you have deduced, is that Mike has been practising his flying leaps again.
As in...
Style: Startled armadillo.
Method: Vertical take-off.
*slow, measured (1.81cm) blink*
Destination: Straight into ceiling fan.
But you have to admire his unfazed enthusiasm and, well... *expansively spread hands* ...the sheer density of his main brain bendy bone...
*open mouth to sp...*
Wel-...
*realise Gary may NOT have been sane at the start of the paragraph either...*
Oh... *somewhat fixed smile* ...a vegetable... one...? Or-or um... nuts perhaps...?
*note dull thud beneath ceiling fan* Mike :) Hello. You just missed Ga-...
*give entire world an I've-just-been-interrupted-AGAIN-scowl* Yes. Well. *slew light apertures erratically around sockets* Making yourself a bit more pointy during take off might save your main brain bendy bone getting whalloped again... but before you commit yourself... *wise frown* <- instructions available via PM ...have you considered the impact that will have on your flapping?
*sniff* I see. Clearly not.
Well neither had I... and as your "now" came considerably before my "now" it would (at the very least) have been highly irresponsible for me to have chosen him - don't you think?
Yes... he's lovely... *smile sweetly* I know... NOW.
One thing I will say... Christmas day 1876 DID fall on a Monday :) and weirdly, it TOO is a leap year. So. A small success then... *drop eyelashes condescendingly into cup of tea* just a shame that it's completely the wrong one. Which reminds me... *dark stare round thread* ...distribution of twinkly stars are NOT appropriate in this round of LPTP # X I \\// or to give it it's full name: TLPTPAPWAG(OACNOPWGHBM)#WX I \\// people. No. Yes... I thought that would upset you :) <- and see how happy that made me! :)
@Chris, TL and David - awww... thanks :) A friend is going to spare me the nightmare that WAS travelling to see her by train, and take me by car today. Be able to cast my anniet light apertures over which bits she failed to turn purple :) and then give them a kiss :)
Okay... well you lot have delayed me long enough...
Clue time :)
The second time Christmas day fell on a Monday (after our mystery person was born) our mystery person turned 17 :) And then... some considerable time later (and after a full quotient of yearly Mondays) ... they got to see 17 additional ones.
Oh. Found this out last night whilst I was pottering about the internet... thought it was quite interesting at the time... had another look at it now and am not so sure... but never mind. :) I ran out of reliable clues after wandering into a conflicting warren of claims as to the paternity of some sciency stuff... so while I sort through that... :)
Did you know, that the name Obedience is currently the 76,213th most used name in the world? Apparently around 0.001% of persons (or at least 800) are called it. The site was kind enough to put it into some sort of perspective for us though :) *wait for murmurs of appreciation to die down*
Apparently einsteinians... it means "that this name is rarely used" I know! Groundshaking! :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
Good morning everyone. :-)
)
Good morning everyone. :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
Come along K-9!
Join SETI Refugees
Footnote to previously
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Footnote to previously wrapped up old business: I got my check for my jury service. $10 for the first day, $15 thereafter (but there was no thereafter) and 7.0 miles @ $0.50 per mile. Total $17.00.
If I give the $10 to my employer, they will give me my full day's pay. As that amounts to considerably more than $10 (which amount is not even half an hour of my time), I will take that deal.
Anyway,
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I've got it! Philip Mazzei, Dec. 25, 1730. 2 Monday Christmases hence was in 1747...... Oh wait. Died in 1816. Only saw 8 more Christmas Mondays. :(
Halley's Comet passed in 1747 for the first time since Halley identified it, and 2 Christmas Mondays hence was 1775, 17 years, but it's not a person and so not born or dead.
Now wait a minute. 17 more Christmas Mondays after their 17th birthday would indeed be "some considerable time later". If said person was born in, for example, 1780, then the 17th birthday would be 1797. 17 more Christmas Mondays from there comes out to 1927, so said person would have lived for at least 147 years. Are you sure this is correct?
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: Halley's Comet passed
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Er, make that 1758 and 1775.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.