Random Thought Thread

Blues said:
So, ifa you no speaka da langwidge, shaddupa you face. Kapeesh? 😂

I wish I could speak Italian. My Spanish is quite good.
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I grew up across the street from a Sicilian family. They owned an Italian restaurant. The food benefits were incredible - they were always bringing over big bags of homemade pasta (tortellini, ravioli, fettuccini…)
A Puerto Rican family moved into the parish and the two families became fast friends.
I was good friends with one of the daughters in the Puerto Rican family and attended a lot of their get togethers with my Sicilian neighbors.
What was interesting was when they would talk to each other - the Puerto Ricans would speak in Spanish and the Sicilians would speak in Italian and if they had trouble with a word the other didn’t understand they would throw out the English word, which both spoke/understood.
I asked Soli if she could understand Italian, she said yes, for the most part because the vocabularies were very similar. She said the toughest part was getting used to their accent.
 
Box_Opener said:
See, that's out there for me. I think we looked at a few places over the ridge in Forest Hills but that's really all I know. Mostly it's Bay Ridge to Coney Island for me now.
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My paternal grandmother lived on Brighton Beach Blvd, a couple blocks from Coney Island Avenue. As a kid, I'd do a lot of exploring in that area, getting myself lost wandering the ins and outs of the neighborhood.
Cap’n Smudge said:
I grew up across the street from a Sicilian family. They owned an Italian restaurant. The food benefits were incredible - they were always bringing over big bags of homemade pasta (tortellini, ravioli, fettuccini…) Puerto Rican family moved into the parish and the two families became fast friends.
I was good friends with one of the daughters in the Puerto Rican family and attended a lot of their get togethers with my Sicilian neighbors.
What was interesting was when they would talk to each other - the Puerto Ricans would speak in Spanish and the Sicilians would speak in Italian and if they had trouble with a word the other didn’t understand they would throw out the English word, which both spoke/understood.
I asked Soli if she could understand Italian, she said yes, for the most part because the vocabularies were very similar. She said the toughest part was getting used to their accent.
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The funny thing is that "Sicilian" is different from Italian...though the Sicilian kids learn "Italian" so that everyone sort of speaks the same language.
Wife's family comes from the Enna region, which is in the mountains of Sicily.

When we were in Sicily in the 90's, we visited family of hers in Catania, and then visited my grandfather's village, Cinisi.

I could live in Sicily, no problem. Loved it there. Much warmer than the rest of Italy, in more ways than one...imho.
 
Anyone else here playing "Wordle" online?

It's free; no registration required. Started playing it about a week ago. It's a variation on "Hangman." You have to "guess" the word in 6 tries or less. Haven't missed one yet. I've been averaging 4 tries for each word; low of 3 and high of 5. Haven't had to resort to the 6th try yet.

My 1st 2 tries are devoted to using 2 words that contain all of the vowels and some commonly used consonants. So, unless the mystery word is one of the words used in the 1st 2 tries, I can never guess word in less than 3 tries.

There is only 1 new word puzzle a day -- the same word for everyone -- and you can "share" your results w/others w/o giving away the word like this one today:

Wordle 215 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The WHITE boxes mean that none of the letters used is in the word. GREEN boxes mean that the letter is in the word and is in the correct position. And the YELLOW box means that the letter is in the word but not in the correct position.

Sometimes, like today, a letter can be used more than once, which makes guessing the word a bit more difficult.

BTW, there is a website that gives away the answers to each puzzle which would only be necessary to refer to unless you are completely stumped.
 
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Here's another "random thought" that just occured to me while trolling the financial "news" while smoking a cigar and drinking some JW Double Black in my backyard.

The Dow has dropped about 10% in the past 2 wks and NO ONE (none of the ppl who get paid to report on such matters) has said a d*mn thing about it!

Why's that?

Fortunately, I currently have ZERO $ in the "market" because I have a defined benefit pension that provides w/more income than I could ever earn from the market w/my available six figures of cash on hand and bc I'm still waiting for the Dow to drop back to at least 20k, where it belongs, wc I would then consider a "buying opportunity."

In contrast to inflation, how any stock can go up in value during Covid w/shortages of goods and manpower is a total mystery to me but, according to other reports, the rich continue to get richer and the poor poorer despite the pandemic.

Very curious indeed!
 
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sgt1372 said:
Anyone else here playing "Wordle" online?

It's free; no registration required. Started playing it about a week ago. It's a variation on "Hangman." You have to "guess" the word in 6 tries or less. Haven't missed one yet. I've been averaging 4 tries for each word; low of 3 and high of 5. Haven't had to resort to the 6th try yet.

My 1st 2 tries are devoted to using 2 words that contain all of the vowels and some commonly used consonants. So, unless the mystery word is one of the words used in the 1st 2 tries, I can never guess word in less than 3 tries.

There is only 1 new word puzzle a day -- the same word for everyone -- and you can "share" your results w/others w/o giving away the word like this one today:

Wordle 215 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The WHITE boxes means that none of the letters used is in the word. GREEN boxes mean that the letter is in the word and is in the correct position. And the YELLOW box means that the letter is in the word but not in the correct position.

Sometimes, like today, a letter can be used more than once, which makes guessing the word a bit more difficult.

BTW, there is a website that gives away the answers to each puzzle which would only be necessary to refer to unless you are completely stumped.
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I started playing this week. Thanks for the heads up that there is a doubled letter. So far I am also averaging 4 tries.

ETA: The warning that there was a doubled letter led to me figuring out the word in three tries today.
 
Ok, one last "random thought" now that I've finished my cigar and am sufficiently "lubricated" and on my 3rd glass (6th oz) of scotch.

Why do I own 4 grills/smokers that I haven't used in over a year? LOL! ;)

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Grenock said:
You asked the right question, just the wrong person. That guy doesn’t know what goes on around that place, you need to ask the boss lady.
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I sometimes reach out and chat with the NinJo outside the sub but often just about dogs, puppies and as such. I also let her know, IMHO, who the a$$hats are so you best behave yourself kiddo!
Nathan the Machinist said:
I would not make antique micarta scales for a basic series knife, but I would for the HDFK, and they are compatible...
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That was a very cryptic answer. Or should I say crypto? I dunno, the modern vernacular escapes me!
jus_gus said:
That’s exactly what I was thinking!😁
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Touché GusMeister ;)
 
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