StringJunky

Right. Thanks for the clarification.

It's not just about surfaces then?

That'll be like just sitting and watching the hour hand on a clock move.What about real everyday life; the same.

That's what I mean:once you've done that everything just repeats with each generation. Same old story, different actors.

Once you've been around the block a few times, why keep doing it?

The issue really is that it serves no useful purpose in the ordinary lives of Joe and Josephine Public. The difference between specialist people, like yourself, and ordinary people is that one uses it for identification/distinction purposes to a therapeutic end, and the other uses it for discrimination and oppression; generally speaking. For social purposes it needs to be taken out of the everyday spoken language; it's a specialist word beyond the ken of the untrained..

Oh no! I've been infected with an Americanism. I will write a hundred times 'doughnut' to purge myself.

I've got a set Planckian tweezers somewhere to drop one. Yes, that makes sense.

In the absence of wind and convection currents, they would be evenly distributed?

In physics there is someone working out the maths to do it because in a parallel world with the right physics dunking coffee cups into donuts will be entirely plausible

I wonder if it's something to do with the Clipboard.

Add in the fact the child was 3, not 4, and she had three other children with her; he scampered off whilst attending to one of them. It was a Sod' Law day. If he was put on a lead with a choker chain and lead boots he'd have still probably done it; they'll find a way.

Reinstall your browser. I use IE, Chrome and FF with no problems. Don't forget to reboot before reinstalling.

Try reading a bit more closely.

“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

If that happens - quoting - click on More Reply Options then click on the icon button on the top right next to the eraser. Changing from one format to the other then back seems to do the trick

"confusion will be my epitaph as I walk the crack'd and broken path.

Wot dyu meen?

As my grandad used to say: An ounce of commonsense is worth a pound of intelligence. There's 16 ounces in a pound. Do you live with your parents?

You gottit. It's sad. I only hope the Democrats win. The Republicans are beyond a joke this time around. G W Bush looks like George Washington or Abe Lincoln atm in terms of notable presidents. You need Obama again. What a shower.

Any news is good news; this guy is viral.

It's square, cos it's on the internet:

It's the study of asking the right questions.