What did you learn today TIL

[Well Behaved Lady]

It's my own fault!

[MintJulie]

The meaning of Piss Up a Rope.   I had to google it.

Piss Up A Rope. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To engage in futile or impossible activity. Alternately, a slightly more polite way of saying fuck off.

[_priapism]

[Suzimeikle]

You can look at a pair of tights and they ladder!

[RopeFiend]

Huh.  Craigslist deleted all of the PERSONALS sections WORLDWIDE due to a new law in the US that makes website owners partially responsible for illegal actions in posts or content.  The only remnants of the CL personals left is MISSED CONNECTIONS and RANTS & RAVES, now moved under the COMMUNITY section.

The personals went down 2 months ago.  You can see I wasn't a regular viewer.

edit: Backpage is offline, probably permanently

edit 2:  I missed this thread:  http://www.kristensboard.com/forums/index.php?topic=63361

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned that Google knows what I want before I even start typing it.

Type Knoc... Googles top result is knocking on heavens door. Which was what I wanted. 

Type Pla... plane tickets top result. Which was what I needed.

Type Lon... London weather top result. Which was what I needed to know.


Type Dumb Blonde and it's top result is "YOU!" 

I rarely have to fully type anything, the fucking thing knows what I want. And that's fucking creepy.

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned people on twitter is a refuge for the dumbest fucking people on the planet. I already knew that, but it was just made all the more obvious today.

[Katiebee]

I learned people on twitter is a refuge for the dumbest fucking people on the planet. I already knew that, but it was just made all the more obvious today.

Well, Trump is a frequent and enthusiastic contributor.

[_priapism]

Huh.  Craigslist deleted all of the PERSONALS sections WORLDWIDE due to a new law in the US that makes website owners partially responsible for illegal actions in posts or content.  

Casualx, a Craigslist personals alternative, sees traffic spike

[RopeFiend]

I didn't learn it today (long time vegetarian), but the rest of you might not know the trick.  I'm teaching a 'newbie vegetarian' at work. 

Don't try to peel an avocado.  Depending on it's ripeness, it may come off in small chunks.  Instead, grab a soup spoon and insert it between the rind and the meat of the avocado.  A soup spoon has almost the perfect curvature to cut the meat out without leaving much behind.  Mine aren't curved quite as much as the photo below, but you get the idea.  A regular teaspoon or tablespoon doesn't work quite as well as a soup spoon as they're generally too shallow.

That soup spoon also works great on kiwi fruit.  Cut off about 1/4 to 1/3 inch of both ends of the kiwi, leaving around an inch to 1.5 inch flats, then slip the spoon in between the skin and the fruit.  Kiwis are a real bitch to peel if you don't do it like this.

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned my bank now has a security officer who escorts people who either cash or withdraw large amounts of money now.

I cashed a check for over six thousand dollars and I was escorted by a guard. And no one was concerned a snow white blonde carrying a baby Latina was gonna hold up the joint. 


They never had a security guy before. And here I thought my bank was in a safe location. 

[MintJulie]

I learned who Jody was.   Interesting, MSSlave, thank you for sharing.

http://www.kristensboard.com/forums/index.php?topic=52988.msg515796#msg515796

[msslave]

I learned who Jody was.   Interesting, MSSlave, thank you for sharing.

http://www.kristensboard.com/forums/index.php?topic=52988.msg515796#msg515796

So glad I could please you, my lady.

[ChirpingGirl]

watching Deep Impact and when the woman searches for E.L.E she has to go through a website to find the answer, but when you put in E.L.E in google the top result is Extinction Level Event.

Internet was so primitive.

[MintJulie]

Yesterday actually.....

Someone I didn't know sent me a PM and signed it with "Tia".

At the end of my follow up to that PM, I said, "Is Tia your real name?   So pretty.   I never had children but that name was on the short list if I had ever had a daughter."  

Well the original sender, who I discovered is a male, replied informing me "Tia" means Thanks In Advance.  

Is that just a thing that came up since texting became a thing?

[ChirpingGirl]

Yesterday actually.....

Someone I didn't know sent me a PM and signed it with "Tia".

At the end of my follow up to that PM, I said, "Is Tia your real name?   So pretty.   I never had children but that name was on the short list if I had ever had a daughter."  

Well the original sender, who I discovered is a male, replied informing me "Tia" means Thanks In Advance.  

Is that just a thing that came up since texting became a thing?

I guess. 

[psiberzerker]

My triggering at the subject of Father-Daughter incest has escalated to the point that I can't shut up.

[Remington555]

Yesterday actually.....

Someone I didn't know sent me a PM and signed it with "Tia".

At the end of my follow up to that PM, I said, "Is Tia your real name?   So pretty.   I never had children but that name was on the short list if I had ever had a daughter."  

Well the original sender, who I discovered is a male, replied informing me "Tia" means Thanks In Advance.  

Is that just a thing that came up since texting became a thing?

Yes but usually they are all caps. TIA, IKR, SMH, BAE, BRB, AFK, EOM, ROTFL, LMAO, LMFAO etc.

Teens and children have almost a complete separate language, such as PIR (Parent in room).

Sometimes I can figure out an acronym if I think about it long enough, but if not I text my granddaughter, who hasn't failed me yet.

I just don't ask her about any that have an F in them. For those I either use urbandictionary.com or type acronym: ROTFL into a search engine, but not the G one. The G one is...never mind. That's off topic.

HTH,
Remmy

[MintJulie]

HTH,
Remmy

HTH?   Let me guess.   Highway to hell?   Doesn't really fit there.
Heart to Heart?   How the heck?  

Ahhh, got it....

Hotter than hell.

[Katiebee]

    Oooooooo! Jules.  Is HTH!