Serpentine's Secretly Sapphic Salacious Sacrarium of Random Banter #180

[Tragic_Comedian]

You could always text or call her, and ask if she got the right person.

I think I'll do that, yes. In the morning.

Marker boards are great for exactly this reason. Really, be yourself around her, because that will either be what she got nterested in or B. Drive her away and you can get back to living your life without that crazy woman staring at you from across the lecturer.

I really don't think I've ever seen her before, but hey, who knows.

[MoonCat]

Do what I'm doing. Build a time machine and go forward to when they release Season 3. That show is ridiculously good and a three episode season is like the worst kind of tease.

My time machine only has one shot at going anywhere. I'm already using that for reading all of Order of the Stick in one go.

[Cobra_Ikari]

Psh. You guys think too short term.

I'm travelling far enough into the future to steal a personalized teleporter. That way I can show up at all the meetups I want to. =P

[enderlord99]

If I had a single-use time-machine, I'd figure out when unlimited-use ones are invented, then go to then.

[AsteriskAmp]

The use for a single use time machine depends if it allows the selection of where one would land or not. If it allows it, I'd return 3 years back. If it doesn't, I'd return around 200 years back.

[Rockphed]

How do you make friends in college, guys?

Go to a public place and be yourself. Be yourself loudly and confidently. People who like you will flock to you. People who do not like you will avoid you. It is win-win.

Do what I'm doing. Build a time machine and go forward to when they release Season 3. That show is ridiculously good and a three episode season is like the worst kind of tease.

This is my ultimate problem with BBC programming. I can understand seasons that are short because there is only so much plot that can be spread over the year and you don't want filler. I can understand seasons that are short because you aren't sure if the show will do well. But if you have decided to make a series, then don't do a half-hearted job. Either go all in, or not at all.

I think I'll do that. In the morning. Maybe a few days from now. Can't seem desperate.

Call or text the number first thing in the morning and make sure she wanted to give you the number. It isn't desperate, it is responding to her action in a timely fashion. Now if you called her every 5 minutes you would seem desperate. If you start leaving lewd messages for anyone who is not in a committed relationship with you, you seem desperate. Calling a number someone leaves for you is not desperate.

That said, it took me 4 months to figure out that my wife wanted to date me. Sure I could claim that I was getting over a long term relationship, but ultimately I was just being clueless.

[factotum]

But if you have decided to make a series, then don't do a half-hearted job. Either go all in, or not at all.

You are under a severe misapprehension here. The standard length for any British drama series, no matter who made it, is around 6 hours. You might occasionally get one a bit longer; you pretty much *never* see one as long as you typically get in the States, though. This isn't laziness, it's just the way things are over here.

I would link you to the TV Tropes article on the subject, but I'm sure you have better things to be doing for the rest of the day...

[Feytalist]

Interview later this week.

First one in almost two years.

Whoa I'm nervous.

[Asta Kask]

Guys. I just finished watching Sherlock. Guys. Sherlock.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS

Try to get hold of Asylum's Sherlock Holmes. It has T-rexes, a giant mechanical fire-breathing dragon and a hot-air balloon armed with a machine gun. All this taking place in 19th century London without anyone noticing.

[Mauve Shirt]

Welp, a train fell on my city's downtown.

[wadledo]

Welp, a train fell on my city's downtown.

What?
That seems inconvenient.

[Elemental]

Welp, a train fell on my city's downtown.

Inconvenient yes.

But I'm more concerned with: How on Earth did that happen!?

[The Succubus]

Welp, a train fell on my city's downtown.

- I hope you and your nearest and dearest are ok!

[Mauve Shirt]

Bridge goes over mainstreet. Train fell off it. 2 dead, no one's sure who. I didn't even know trains ran on that track still.

[Elemental]

That's not good!

Though... Part of me has weighed up the numbers and come back with a verdict that it could have been worse... And because I said that, I feel like a horrible person...

[Mauve Shirt]

Yes, it could've been much worse. I'm betting it was college students who didn't think trains still ran on those tracks and were walking on them. The conductor probably saw two people on the tracks and slammed on his breaks, causing a destructive derailment. Just my speculation.

[Mercenary Pen]

Yes, it could've been much worse. I'm betting it was college students who didn't think trains still ran on those tracks and were walking on them. The conductor probably saw two people on the tracks and slammed on his breaks, causing a destructive derailment. Just my speculation.

Could just as easily be due to damage caused by a vehicle striking the bridge from underneath due to ignoring signs indicating the height of the bridge- that happens a lot even here in the UK (I recall reading figures a few years back that quoted an average of 8 times a day across the entire UK)...

I assume from the casualties you've mentioned that the train was either freight or an empty carriage stock working?

Edit: I think I found the news story for it, and it was indeed a freight working... link not posted to conceal Mauve's address

[Teddy]

Yes, it could've been much worse. I'm betting it was college students who didn't think trains still ran on those tracks and were walking on them. The conductor probably saw two people on the tracks and slammed on his breaks, causing a destructive derailment. Just my speculation.

Actually, if anything, I think it would've been caused by the traing going too fast through a curve rather than braking, probably in combination with the bridge suffering from a lack of maintenance...

[Rockphed]

Lack of maintenance of infrastructure is a problem that is coming to a head in most of the world. In my job search lots of electrical companies are bemoaning the lack of trained power engineers to replenish their retiring employees. Several bridge failings here in the US are blamed on improper maintenance, though the biggest one so blamed (it happened in 2003 in the northern US, lots of people died) was actually caused by improper design. It just took 20 or so years for the improper design to cause problems.

[Teddy]

Phew, lots of things going on today. This morning, I found out that I had forgotten my bag, which contained everything I need for practice driving (ranging from my personal mouthpiece to my driving school's alcohol locks and my driving license permission, to my wallet with all my money and my ID card) inside our car yesterday, and mum had taken the car to work. Seeing as I was supposed to have a driving lesson today, I grew extremely frustrated as it was a lot of money thrown straight into the sea.

When I'd calmed down a bit, I started looking for a workaround (as a computer person, this is kind of standard behaviour). Reading one of my practice driving handbooks, I found that I should bring the driving license permission with me while practice driving, while my tutor must bring his tutoring permission with himself. Noticing the difference, I set out to see what the rules actually were. After a fruitless internet search, I simply called my driving school to hear what their rules were, and to my relief, I learned that I didn't need to bring my permission with me.

I still didn't have my ID card, so I dug up my passport, and that solved that issue as well. Now I only had to worry about my mouthpiece. I could buy a new one from the school, but brought up the issue about money. Luckily, I still had a few coins left in my old piggy bank (okay, it's actually a minature barrel), so with a pocket full of clanking coins, I left for my driving lesson.

It later turned out that I'd get a new mouthpiece for free because I hadn't lost my old one in at least a year's time, which was a nice surprise. The new mouthpieces look extraordinarily fancy, by the way. While the old one looked like a straight plastic tube with a smaller hole in one end than the other, the new one almost looks like a miniature bazooka. No, I have no idea of why all those extra details are needed. It's just silly!

[MoonCat]

Got my report card today. This frigging B+ is driving me crazy. I got given a zero on something one of my other classmates was supposed to have turned in, and I got a far lower grade than fair for that notebook I recopied. I should have gotten and A-! Although that's hardly illustrious, but since that teacher was very clearly biased (I kept on correcting him in class when he was wrong, he didn't like that for some reason).

Got A's on all of the other classes, which is okay. Some were too low for my taste, but I'm pretty pleased with my math class. 98.7%.

[AtlanteanTroll]

How long have you EVEN been in school? Like, the 2012-13 year just started for me, and going by friends spread across the US and the UK, I'm incredibly early.

[MoonCat]

How long have you EVEN been in school? Like, the 2012-13 year just started for me, and going by friends spread across the US and the UK, I'm incredibly early.

Yeah, this is the last year's report card. They sent it in one day before the administrative office opened up for the next year.

[LaZodiac]

Moonie, even if your grades aren't satisfactory to you, let it be known you get an A+ in our hearts *brosismance

[MoonCat]

Moonie, even if your grades aren't satisfactory to you, let it be known you get an A+ in our hearts *brosismance

Thank you. <hugs> Also, the A's here are equivalent to A+'s, so at least it's not that bad.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Yeah, this is the last year's report card. They sent it in one day before the administrative office opened up for the next year.

That's sort of ridiculous.

[Tragic_Comedian]

Well, it's only a B. Good enough is good enough.

ION: I thought class was at 5, not 5:30. I'm up half an hour earlier than I should be. Alas.

[Devmaar]

Phew, lots of things going on today. This morning, I found out that I had forgotten my bag, which contained everything I need for practice driving (ranging from my personal mouthpiece to my driving school's alcohol locks and my driving license permission, to my wallet with all my money and my ID card) inside our car yesterday, and mum had taken the car to work. Seeing as I was supposed to have a driving lesson today, I grew extremely frustrated as it was a lot of money thrown straight into the sea.

When I'd calmed down a bit, I started looking for a workaround (as a computer person, this is kind of standard behaviour). Reading one of my practice driving handbooks, I found that I should bring the driving license permission with me while practice driving, while my tutor must bring his tutoring permission with himself. Noticing the difference, I set out to see what the rules actually were. After a fruitless internet search, I simply called my driving school to hear what their rules were, and to my relief, I learned that I didn't need to bring my permission with me.

I still didn't have my ID card, so I dug up my passport, and that solved that issue as well. Now I only had to worry about my mouthpiece. I could buy a new one from the school, but brought up the issue about money. Luckily, I still had a few coins left in my old piggy bank (okay, it's actually a minature barrel), so with a pocket full of clanking coins, I left for my driving lesson.

It later turned out that I'd get a new mouthpiece for free because I hadn't lost my old one in at least a year's time, which was a nice surprise. The new mouthpieces look extraordinarily fancy, by the way. While the old one looked like a straight plastic tube with a smaller hole in one end than the other, the new one almost looks like a miniature bazooka. No, I have no idea of why all those extra details are needed. It's just silly!

Why do you need a mouthpiece for driving?

Got my report card today. This frigging B+ is driving me crazy. I got given a zero on something one of my other classmates was supposed to have turned in, and I got a far lower grade than fair for that notebook I recopied. I should have gotten and A-! Although that's hardly illustrious, but since that teacher was very clearly biased (I kept on correcting him in class when he was wrong, he didn't like that for some reason).

Got A's on all of the other classes, which is okay. Some were too low for my taste, but I'm pretty pleased with my math class. 98.7%.

That's hardly bad...

[Mutant Sheep]

Well, it's only a B. Good enough is good enough.

ION: I thought class was at 5, not 5:30. I'm up half an hour earlier than I should be. Alas.

Thats GOOD. Find the professor and kiss up say hi, if he gets there early.

[AtlanteanTroll]

Thats GOOD. Find the professor and kiss up say hi, if he gets there early.

Tragic try in school? What.