Still mining the near past, from October, 2014. Not long ago, the remote control was to cartoonists what the smart phone is now, a well one could always return to during a dry spell. One of these days, I’ll learn. I told you I’d have something definitive about the Kickstarter thing, and I do! Sort of. It will begin Monday morning! Unless something totally out of my control prevents it, and I don’t think it will. Tell you what: I will keep you updated with special weekend posts. I’m doing all I can on my end.
152 responses to “Knowledge Is On/Off”
30325. I had seen that on FB but didn’t want to do it there. Thanks for putting it here instead.
emb, good pun there. Thanks for sharing a comic I wouldn’t have seen.
GR6, also made the 30,500. Thanks for posting the quiz.
Did you try the “2015 IQ” test listed below the vocabulary test? I did, and it is a bear! Made 265 [= “nerd” on the site] on whatever scale they use, obviously not the usual IQ scale.
GR6: Not an easy test, had to guess some. Peace,
I only wish they’d tell which ones were missed.
I had to guess one to tie with Galliglo and GR.
Actually, I haven’t had time to take it yet; perhaps tomorrow.
On one of the blogs where I found mention of it, the blogger, who makes her living writing articles for dead tree and digital magazines, scored a 30500.
Trucker, I don’t believe GR told us his score. My 10:27 post was my own score – just omitted the “I” as I was addressing GR.
Re-did the 2015 IQ, too, and got 275. Guess a changed answer helped….
I note that there is also a 2014 IQ, and that not all choices appear all the time when one goes to the vocab site.
TruckerRon, if you had any experience driving in Canada, Jackie could have used some advice today. She and her traveling companions got stuck in an hours-long traffic jam near Kent-Chatham Ontario. She called me asking if I could find anything online to help. By the time I found the Provincial Highway site with the 511 number to call for assistance, she had gotten through it. So, they should be close to the boat’s current owner soon. Jackie said they plan to take a different route back. She’s an adventure traveler all right. The pickup has built-in GPS, which her dealer still hasn’t activated for her. Her old GPS, which she took, doesn’t have maps of Canada, possibly showing Here Be Dragons at the edges now. So they are relying on the old-fashioned way, paper maps.
Jackie is a shining example of Murphy’s Law — but she always comes up smiling!
Arlo loves paper maps. So do I.
“Murphy was an optimist.”
Tippy of course has a white tip on a gray tail.
His tail is different – it is roundish in front but flat in back
He is the smartest of the crew – and really was not supposed to
be an inside cat. At one time we could not get within 10 feet of him.
Eventually since he was the last outside cat he was allowed on the closed back porch
during the coldest time of winter (Below 0). He must have been talking to the others
because he kept trying to sneak into the house.
After getting his hair mats out ( he allowed that mostly) (and the others taught him grooming) a trip to the vet for some snipping he wormed his way into the house. He is not a lap cat but stays near – he is a bed cat – gets on the bed when I do and stays all night.
He is expressive – (but not howling – just “meh”)
Knows when he has done wrong and follows directions – sort of.
He is long hair gray & white. Unlike any other cat we have had – he was dropped off or his daddy was just passing through. Not a neighbor tom.
Debbe 😉 For my beautiful sister, whose favorite music genre was Motown and who would have celebrated her birthday today, July 12th, had she lived.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EaflX0MWRo
Mark, I ran the western provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia). Our drivers based in Detroit covered the central provinces, including Ontario.
All I could advise her would be to plot her course in advance with Google maps and to use the 511 periodically to look ahead, same as I would do. Their 511 site should show the #1 menace to travel: summer construction projects:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/trip/map.shtml
We are in Perth but not Australia. It has been a bad day driving. We were never lost, Lezlie is good navigator. We will be in Ottawa tomorrow to get boat paid for but can’t leave until money clears. Good ight all.
Next trip I go with redundancy, truck GPS, a GPS Mark recommended and better maps. Tablet and one cell not wotming
GM Debbe
Zen Wisdom with a twist
6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
If you can get into the hen house just as the lights come on you could miss
a lot of the heat – then you do not want to disturb the girls just when they are doing
most of their business.
Or there is the slim chance — go in with red lenses on Flashlights 🙂
Good morning Villagers….
I too like paper maps….been a long time since I’ve done any traveling though. When really younger and we made our journies to Florida though, we just followed the big green road signs.
Boss showed up yesterday, and left his little granddaughter (6) in the packing room with us. I had fun, she wanted to help. Meanwhile, he stirred the pit. So much to do.
Old Bear, getting Ian in at the hour would be like pulling teeth. I’m lucky he’s going in at 7. And yes you are right….their first meal starts at 6:30…..light on at 5:30, don’t understand why they wait and hour to feed them….but they still have them on a 2:00 am, half hour feeding with lights on. Still getting around 190 cases and they will be 45 weeks on this week.
Been going in and checking on Dad every night since my one sister is on vacation. He repeats himself so much, and I just listen….I don’t think he’s consuming enough liquid…going to gently lecture him this afternoon. He has cats, loves cats. When it comes to sell the house, and they excavate the back yard, the new owners will be surprised at the small wooden boxes he made to bury his furry friends…and there a lot of them over the years.
gotta go….happy hump day to those who work monday thru friday 🙂
GR 😉 I love Mowtown too……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu5ynjOlnOg
Last Friday morning on our way to work, the rain started and it rained very hard. Could barely see. As we reached the end of the gravel road and reach pavement. the cemetery, where Jason is buried, is just off the pavement on the left, I said “Good Lord!….be with us” AND the rain just stopped….coincidence? or a sign? I choose to believe in signs. On that same day, my BIL (who is back to living with us) came in from the outside and said he saw the puffiest, whitest, brightest cloud he’d ever seen, again, coincidence? or sign?
I still remember your seeing the most beautiful sunrise with birds flying in that sunrise, and in the background, S&G were singing “Homeward Bound”…..and to this day, I still feel it was a sign and your sister was trying to tell you that all will be well.
this cat is scarred for life 🙂
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Happy Birthday, to the sister of the Ghostley One… many hugs, Ghost.
Ghost, remember they are always with is in the part of us they helped shape and create. They live on in us. You understand that I am certain. Love, Jackie
TIP BlogSpot
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/ is titled ‘A Roman holiday.’ Beats me. Peace,