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That one has c!ear meaning though. The worst one and most overused is "At the end of the day..."

"At the end of the day" just means "ultimately." IDK, most of these phrases don't bother me much.  They drive my kid nuts because the actual meaning is different from what the individual words literally mean.  That's just how language works (at least a confusing mish-mash of a language like English).

You need WUPHF.

It's spelled "grammer." You're welcome!

I think the correct response to that would be "Cheers!"

Not too many people whose Wikipedia page has a personal section that opens by saying their personal life has been surrounded by family tragedies.

Don't you mean "grammar be tough"?

What a relief.  I'm so glad we don't have to worry about Pepsi ruining the Olympics in 12 years.

Oui

I like to throw in a royal "We" every now and again.

Get better, stat keeper. 

Is there a reason why your left leg is swollen?  (Well obviously there is a reason but do you know what it is?  lol)

Yup, I just replied in the photo thread.

By the way, I'm going to stay one more day just to be safe. If there was a nearby medical station where I could visit thrice a day to get my temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, give blood samples and get my antibiotics, I could be elsewhere and productive the other 90% of my awake hours. But yeah, that is not how healthcare works. Also I understand many other patients need more continuous supervision and treatment than I do so my case may be different in that matter.

Also I realized I will get shot three hours after summer solstice.

Err.. I mean "get a shot", or at least that is the plan.

NOOOOO!   on the Winter...Not the shot...Good Luck on that!  I've had my 2 shots...I was a little tired, bit of a sore arm.  Basically No problems whatsoever, And I'd have every problem in the book if there were any....So...Yeah,   Highly Recommended!!

That's one thing I miss about living at 53°N - dusk at 3.30pm in the Winter, and being able to read a newspaper under ambient light at 10pm on a few nights during the Summer.

I am not a daylight-in-the-morning person.

What sort of git doesn't have a versioning system?

Actually that is a good question. The guys probably are loaded with money as is, and the girls shouldn't be strapped for cash either. Sure it could be an artistic desire but given how long they had to coax Agnetha before she recorded her comeback album a number of years ago, it doesn't really seem like they're antsy with excitement about getting back into the studio.

It could also be that the brand ABBA and whoever owns and runs it, want to ensure they can keep using it in the future, for whichever generations who fancy a pop band that had its prime 50+ years ago. By creating the digital avatars, recording some new or previously shelved songs, they keep a buzz to renew the brand. See also the ABBA Museum, the Mamma Mia movie and restaurant franchises and so on. Simply the brand and all the rights are worth too much money to let it extinguish.

From the reviews I've seen so far, many are over the moon about the new songs. Someone suggested that if ABBA decides to participate in Eurovision Song Contest 2024 to celebrate 50 years since their big break, they would receive 100% of all possible points which of course both is unrealistic and probably not part of the brand strategy regardless of how many viewers the show has. (Yes, I know that Madonna was part of the mid-show entertainment a few years ago and made a fiasco out of the performance)

But yes, I'll listen more carefully to the songs and wait for November when rest of the album is released. Perhaps they have some more edgy, borderline modern stuff there. Not that I'm a big fan of 2020's pop music anyway but I'm thinking in order for the eventually virtual ABBA to be relevant in the 2030's, they can't entirely rely on late 1970's music since the original fans will lose their hearing and eventually die off.

They can't stand the thought that rival Noregian band A-Ha ticks the box for a James Bond Offical Soundtrack! Ha Ha ha!

Wow, that is a thought I never had considered. James Bond also seems like a movie franchise in desperate need of renewal. Perhaps they have something cooking together for the times ahead, depending on how the ABBA Voyage project/album turns out.

Let's say if I had the option to either go to work today or spend the morning in a hot jacuzzi, the second choice would have been preferred.

Here, they sometimes call concerts "gigs."  I don't know if that term is used in Sweden. 

Sure, but a gig to me is more like a rock band in the local pub, not a concert with 30-50 people where we also are the arranger, not booked by someone else to play.

I miss when Logitech had that kind of quality. They've fallen a la Bioware.

It appears that this M-SBF96 was considered obsolete already in 2008 but apparently works fine (after a bit of cleaning). I bought it second hand a number of years ago for $2 or so.

At least you didn't pull out a rodent under there.  Once I took apart a mouse(the computer kind of mouse.) to fix the scroll wheel, I couldn't get it back together working again.

Looked it up and learned something today. Thanks.

We have a saying over here, coined by the cartoon character Arne Anka, inspired but not related to Donald Duck: "To think before you speak is like wiping your ass before you take a dump".

Sometimes reading what others have written will persuade one's bias and prevent original thought.  Why not post what you think to an original post... then go back and change your ideas better information presents itself.  Then you contribute to the thought process before your views are skewed... and you can still be honest and change your mind if/when better information is present.  We do our best until we know better, then we do better.

On the other hand, like Mark Twain said... it's better to remain silent and appear stupid than it is to open it and remove all doubt (I probably slaughtered that).  I'm no longer worried about looking stupid... or at least during manic times.  I reserve the right to change my mind.  How else do you learn and grow, right?

Just thinking out loud.  I like to type.

Also I have figured out a new magic ability I wish I had: to magically bring out every item I own, sort them by category and then put them back into proper places so I didn't have a little of everything everywhere.

Aha. While I had my suspicions, I now got confirmed that what was supposed to be done by others on Monday and Tuesday, in practice work barely has begun by scratching the surface.

Yeah, it's Friday so perhaps only one hour of working overtime?

I read an article the other day that some companies are telling staff that if they attend a meeting via Zoom, Skype, or other video, they must meet a minimal dress code or they will have a chat with HR.  At least don't be like that Toobin guy and put on some dang pants! 

If I'm at home,  I'm comfortable.   (I've been saying for Years now) I'd LOVE to be able to work from home!  The occasional meeting might be one thing, but if no one sees you and you get your work done, then who cares what you wear?

I feel this sentiment.  It's crazy how quickly it seems to have snuck up on everyone.

I'm with you. I don't know why it's different this year, but I've been thinking about "after Christmas" and the Springtime rush I have every year at work sine Thanksgiving, but now it's almost here and I don't think i got the most out of it.  We did all the usual stuff, maybe not as much, just extra busy at work and even moreso at home.

or have no christmas until COVID is history.

Do you ever use it to watch movies and streaming services, or is it just ummm computery stuff?

Yes, in the evenings I have one screen for YouTube and one screen for ... rest of the Internet. Or I toggle it to TV channels in case there is something broadcasted worth watching.

Transputer ... *chuckle*

What a silly name.  However, that thing looks really cool.

What I find nuts about it is the fact that it offered parallel processing when they were still using large DIP packages. Just seems out of place, somehow.

THE A BUTTON ...

TO READ THE ...

WHOLE MESSAGE.