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6:01 PM
it would be cool if there was one with a fox. much more fitting, it would be
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"added examples and changed false information about Bambi" lol
 
@meer2kat ??? There are architectural plans to work from? Or are you just using bootleg screenshots from the movies?
 
i think that's the link. it's every floor and everything. i think that's the one i'm using. i dunno it's at home
the hard part is the grand staircase
 
@meer2kat it's a link to a site named hogwart's castle' but I don't see no plans. I'm on the 4th year Ravenclaw floor and I need to go the bathroom real bad!
um...
 
6:13 PM
@Mitch ah it doesn't work?
 
don't worry about it.
I don't need to go anymore.
 
@Mitch i can't open deviant art from work so i guessed a little
@Mitch lol
 
@meer2kat ha ha. no it works in that it goes to the deviant art site, but wading through all that I don't see any floor plans or exterior renderings of the building(s)
 
@Mitch dang. well somewhere on there-ish there are floor plans of every floor
the exterior is taken from how i see the castle and such
my favorite is the great hall :)
it's massive
my total number of blocks (so far) is 150,000 and I'm almost done with the first floor
of course a lot of those are diagon alley, the train, the leakey cauldron, and the little island house it all starts on (i'm obsessed)
 
Godwin's Hollow?
or whatever that place is called.
 
6:22 PM
@Mitch I don't think so. After they leave Privet Dr they go to a little shack on an island (movie version) where's it's really stormy
 
oops I shoulda figured that a site called 'deviant art' might have a handful of NSFW items.
 
and Hagrid comes to get harry
@Mitch "handful" is an understatement
 
"Really, really, I was just looking for some nerdy floor plans of Hogwart's castle when these ...uh.. 'artistic' pictures came on my screen."
"Besides it's no one I know."
Got it: "floor plans hogwarts"
 
6:51 PM
@Mitch LOL~~
 
Morning.
 
@Cerberus Where are you from again?
 
Holland.
You?
 
@Cerberus your location does not fit with you greeting :P
 
Now what do we do?
What is worse, I think your location does not fit with my greeting either.
 
6:59 PM
@oerkelens My point exactly
 
@Cerberus That is right, but my mental day/night rythm does :)
 
It's definitely like 9 pm there
 
Still, do the discrepancy not affect you adversely?
@meer2kat Correct.
You are correct by the minute, brava!
 
Because when I get home from work my ex is usually going to sleep because it's late there
@Cerberus :P
 
Ah, your ex was Dutch?
I think you mentioned him...
 
7:01 PM
Yes he is Dutch :)
Sweet guy
 
Does he frequent Stack Exchange?
 
@Cerberus especially when the sun comes up at night and I find myself waking up at my desk :P
 
Nope, he stays on Stronghold Kingdoms mostly.
@oerkelens well that's a mindblowing thought
 
@oerkelens Oh that sucks!!
 
@meer2kat Wish my boss was so impressed :P
@Cerberus yups
 
7:03 PM
@meer2kat Right, I'm sure those are more defensible.
 
@oerkelens lol!
@Cerberus huh?
 
The Stronghold Kingdoms.
Highly defensible, I presume.
SE is like Poland.
 
@Cerberus ah yes
 
Jez
@Cerberus I thought the Dutch liked to call it "The Netherlands"?
 
@Jez It is more like...the normal word is Nederland, but in an international context, e.g., when comparing countries or when talking to foreigners, we tend to say Holland.
 
7:12 PM
@Jez We say that mostly to annoy tourist by telling them they say it wrong :P
 
Haha.
That, too.
Holland is a bit like England.
 
@Cerberus beautiful and scenic?
 
Dreary and rainy.
But thanks I guess hehe.
The horrors of a typical newly developed Dutch suburb.
 
@Cerberus duburbs, I'm going to keep that one in :)
 
Anything built after 1950 here looks like God ate something gone bad and vomited on the landscape.
@oerkelens Eww haha.
 
7:18 PM
zwijnedrecht? I think that's where he is from. It was somewhere really pretty with bridges and historic churches and stuff
 
@meer2kat Sounds like a lot of places in Holland :)
 
@oerkelens some place with a "z" just outside rotterdam. lol!
 
Zwijndrecht doesn't sound good. But it is possible that it has a nice old town like most places.
 
@meer2kat that would be Zwijndrecht, yes
 
@meer2kat Yeah that must be it.
 
7:20 PM
Lol :) Something like that. I found it very pretty from the pictures
 
@Cerberus Most of the -drecht places are old and pittoresque
At least their center - even if that is 20 square meters only :P
 
Heh.
@oerkelens More so than any other town (outside Flevoland)?
I mean, even places like Ommen have some nice parts.
 
@Cerberus more so than most places that were build (much) later
 
But...
 
oh, they are not better than other old places
 
7:23 PM
Why would other towns be newer than towns on -drecht?
 
but all or most the -drecht ones are originally form the Roman era
 
Ah, in that sense.
Traiectum.
 
:)
 
But still, whether a town is from 0 or 1300, does that really matter?
There won't be many buildings left from before the late Middle Ages anyway.
What Roman remains we have are mostly ruins.
 
@Cerberus true, but there are plenty of "modern" places around the Randstad that have no old center
 
7:25 PM
Not that many?
 
So sometimes the name is a hint :)
 
Outside Flevoland and the 19th-century polders, I mean.
Ah OK.
Yes, places like Hoofddorp are ugly...
 
yup
 
Or Zoetermeer.
 
YUP!!!!
 
7:26 PM
Never been to either, except the train stations.
 
Went to Zotermeer fro som ecourse.
later biked through it a couple of times
it is terrible
 
How unfortunate for you.
Hmm but I need to go to AH.
Ere it close.
 
:) In days of yore it would be too late already
 
that's why we got rid of yore and replaced it with 24hr supermarkets
 
@oerkelens Yeah stupid Christians!
@MattЭллен We didn't!! If only!
 
7:30 PM
@MattЭллен Then there was not enough yore, because there ar enot enough 24h supermarkets!
 
@MattЭллен omg, I rolled over to reply and some very dramatic cello music started on YouTube at that exact moment!
I nearly peed my pants.
 
@Cerberus Woah there
 
@KitFox drama fox!
 
Eep!
 
@oerkelens yeah, luckily scientists are working on growing synthetic yore in cultures of yeast
 
7:39 PM
@MattЭллен yeast should be used for beer!
 
@oerkelens tell that to the scientists. I can't stop them
 
try harder :)
 
they keep telling me "it's yore problem"
ah well, I made myself laugh, at least
 
@MattЭллен :D
 
@meer2kat It's orthodox Christians and their historical laws that prevent shops from being open here.
 
7:44 PM
I assume it's the same laws that force the 24hr shop to close at 4pm on Sundays
 
@MattЭллен delayed laugh
 
thanks :D
 
@Cerberus ? Are you blaming my wife now? There are not many orthodox christions in the Netherlands, most are protestants and Catholics methinks
 
Wow, your wife is an orthodox Christian?
 
She's Greek. Almost all Greeks are Orthodox, at least on paper
In practice she's just about as atheist as they come
 
8:04 PM
@oerkelens facepaw
Not that kind of orthodox, you meanie!
No capital O.
 
:)
took a while :P
 
I am back from AH with food.
 
:)
welcome back
 
15 minutes to go to the supermarket is not bad, eh?
 
I can do it in 10 here :P
 
8:06 PM
I would have been very surprised to find that you had married an orthodox Christian.
 
But that's because they built it as good as next door :)
@Cerberus So would I!
 
I used to be able to do it during commercials in my previous house.
 
Especially since I have been married for 10 years now
It would be a major shock to find that out now
 
Understandably so.
How many educated people do you know in Dutch cities who are Christian?
I think there are more Muslims.
 
I never counted them
I know they exist
 
8:09 PM
Lazy.
 
:P
 
I had two gereformeerde fellow students when I studied History.
In Classics, though, I don't think we had any Christians.
Except one, but he was not in my year.
And he's pretty crazy anyway...
 
I had a colleague who was gereformeerd
 
I see.
 
posted on April 24, 2014 by sgdi

A thing that you ought to remember You’re best if you’ve not been dismembered Keep yourself together Whatever the weather Your body’s a big blood container

 
8:11 PM
Oh, I do have one friend who is going to be married in a church, with an actual religious ceremony. But she is Catholic, so that's probably more like culturally Catholic than an actual believer...maybe a little bit.
None of my other friends have gotten married with a religious ceremony so far...
 
My friend's mom got married in a bar. She was wearing a leather mini-skirt.
 
Haha hilarious.
My friend's father, our former mayor and a former minister, got married in a leather suit...
 
@Cerberus That is three people, they all got married together?
 
@oerkelens No, I use the Oxford comma, as everyone should.
Job Cohen.
 
@Cerberus you did not use the Oxford comma!
My friend's father, our former mayor, and a former minister, got married in a leather suit...
 
8:17 PM
And the comma after minister would have been wrong either way.
 
aaargh
 
@oerkelens The simple present refers to a habit; it cannot normally refer to a thing that happened at a specific time in the past.
 
@Cerberus My friend's father—our former mayor and a former minister—got married in a leather suit…
 
Oh, and grrrr.
 
Perhaps that?
 
8:18 PM
You could use dashes, yes, but commas will do.
If one were to forego the Oxford comma, the same sentence would be my friend's father, our former mayor and a former minister got married in a leather suit…
That's three people.
The comma after minister, however, marks parenthesis.
 
And again, I am reminded of kommaneuken
 
No doubt.
But now I am reminded of a vulgar saying...
 
I get accused of it quite often, but today I got scoffed by two commas
 
Why don't you just accept my orthodoxy in spelling and find peace?
 
I don't want your peas in my spelling
 
8:22 PM
*pease
 
@Cerberus if that were all it took for peace to be found :)
 
It is, trust me.
 
and now they tell me :(
 
@Cerberus *pudding
 
Pudding?
 
8:24 PM
pease pudding
 
Is that an English dish?
 
yes :D
!!wiki pease pudding
 
Pease pudding, sometimes known as pease pottage or pease porridge, is a term of British origin regarding a savoury pudding dish made of boiled legumes, which mainly consists of split yellow or Carlin peas, water, salt, and spices, often cooked with a bacon or ham joint. It is commonly eaten in the whole of the North East of England, some parts of the Midlands and a few places in the South and Newfoundland, Canada and to a lesser extent throughout the United Kingdom. (In Middle English, "Pease" was treated as a mass noun, similar to "oatmeal", and the singular "pea" and plural "peas" aros...
 
@KitSox Oh nice.
Is it good?
> In Southern England it is usually served with faggots.
 
I've never had it
 
8:27 PM
Not bad.
 
I only know the rhyme
 
@Cerberus that sounds... interesting
 
Quite.
@MattЭллен The rhyme?
 
Pease pudding hot
Pease pudding cold
Pease pudding in the pot
Nine days old
 
How masterfully creative.
 
8:30 PM
that's rhymes for you
!!wiki pease pudding hot
 
"Pease Porridge Hot" or "Pease Pudding Hot" (also known as "Peas Porridge Hot") is a children's singing game and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19631. Lyrics The lyrics to the rhyme are: :Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, :Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old; :Some like it hot, some like it cold, :Some like it in the pot, nine days old. Origin The origins of this rhyme are unknown. The name refers to a type of porridge made from peas, pease pudding, also known in Middle English as pease pottage. ("Pease" was treated as a mass noun, similar to "oatmeal...
 
I think I have heard it before.
 
Robusto and I were chatting about it a few days ago. Maybe you were there too
 
Hmm I don't think so.
Nov 25 '13 at 2:34, by tchrist
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.
This could be it.
 
8:37 PM
@MattЭллен One makes of such esculent legumes not pudding but porridge.
 
@tchrist maybe in your mountains. it's pudding here
 
Then you’re doing it wrong.
 
nay! you are wrongly doing it
 
Unless you feel that life is too uncertain to forgo eating dessert first, it is not a pudding.
It’s often a main.
Pudding comes after.
Or whatever random sweet appetesces you.
 
Blood pudding comes first. Yorkshire pudding comes in the middle.
 
8:40 PM
Really your partner should come first.
But then you end up with the whole chicken and egg thing.
 
I was about to say...
 
Vote early, vote often.
 
And then you have the whole British "Oh, no, truly, you go first." "No, no, terribly sorry, I believe that's your privilege." Etc.
 
Pop goes the weasel.
 
8:42 PM
lol
 
I have heard that in Japanese one goes as one would come in English
 
@MattЭллен Yay!
@oerkelens How do you mean?
 
@oerkelens That's explains a lot, given that goes can mean to urinate in English.
 
@MattЭллен And what’s at the other end of your tripe and truffle sandwich? You lack closure.
 
@Cerberus I read or heard somewhere that the Japanese for "I come" would translate as "I go"
 
8:45 PM
@KitFox And in Dutch.
@oerkelens That sounds like a contradiction in terms.
 
So if you've ever watched Japanese porn, you will see what I mean.
 
@KitFox well, according to some Japanese documentaries
yes, that
 
@oerkelens Many languages work that way. If you call to someone in Spanish, they must respond “I’m going” not “I’m coming”, as that would be the wrong direction.
 
@Cerberus why? Not when they enter somewhere
 
Not that I recommend watching Japanese porn.
 
8:46 PM
@KitFox Sound advice.
 
It's about the moment supreme during certain physical activities.
 
Jez
when describing a year over 2100 years ago, would you use the term BC or BCE?
 
@oerkelens You cannot say "x is Japanese for A, but it translates as non-A".
Contradictio in terminis.
 
@KitFox unless you like pixels
 
@Jez Depends on the context.
 
8:46 PM
@Jez 2100 BP.
 
Jez
@KitFox why?
 
What you can say is that x sometimes translates as A, at other times as B.
 
@Jez Academics tend to use BCE.
The laity seem to prefer BC.
 
Jez
@KitFox yeah and it's annoying
 
Most people don’t know what it means.
And others it offends.
 
8:47 PM
@Cerberus Why? English for "begrafenisondernemer" is undertaker which translates into Dutch as simply "ondernemer"
 
@Jez Only annoying if you are Christian, I should think.
 
Jez
"offends"? if it offends you you're an idiot
 
The other way around is funnier
 
No, it translates as "begrafenisondernemer".
 
Jez
@KitFox no, annoying to me as an atheist. I prefer the sound and distinctiveness of BC/AD
 
8:48 PM
@oerkelens But I guess what you mean is an overly literal translation of the parts that make up a more complex word/phrase.
 
@Jez Fair enough.
 
BCE is also a lie.
 
@Cerberus not necessarily
 
AC/DC
tyfy
 
Personally, I find "in the year of Our Lord" presumptuous.
 
8:49 PM
@KitFox Only a few PC historians would use BCE or CE.
It is in bad taste.
 
Jez
@KitFox and totally stupid from a rational perspective. people using BCE/CE still base their year on Christ's birth. you don't start calling a cathedral a "collecting place" because you no longer believe in god, do you?
 
In any case, you asked which to use and I said what I thought.
 
@KitFox There’s no our there.
 
It can be that in situation X, a Japanese person is likely to exclaim "yes" and an English person would shout "no"
 
It is like saying Beijing or Karl V in historiography.
 
Jez
8:49 PM
@KitFox come on, AD has long-since departed from its literal meaning for anyone who doesn't believe in it
 
@Jez Jeebitz ben Joseph was born in 6 or 7 BC.
 
Jez
there's nothing presumptuous about it
 
Whatever. You asked. I replied. You don't like, not my problem.
 
Jez
@tchrist eh?
 
Jeez.
Ah aye.
 
8:50 PM
@Jez Exactly! Such things are for people who think words are magical and change things.
@oerkelens I think this is a mistake on a fundamental level.
 
Jez
and what is the "common era" anyway? why is it common?
 
What's not common about it?
 
Jez
what's not common about the era before the common era?
 
@KitFox A major part of the world not using it?
 
@Jez Yeah I think we all agree it is stupid beyond stupid.
 
@oerkelens Really? I thought it was 2014 pretty much everywhere.
 
@Cerberus I don't see any problem, but ok :)
 
I prefer AUC notation.
 
Jez
This is a list of calendars. In use * 360-day calendar * Advent calendar * Akan calendar * Armenian calendar * Assyrian calendar * Astronomical year numbering * Bahá'í calendar * Bengali calendar * Berber calendar * Buddhist calendar * Chinese calendar * Coptic calendar * Discordian calendar * Ethiopian calendar * Fiscal year varies with different countries. Used in accounting only. * Germanic calendar (still in use by Ásatrúar) * Gregorian calendar used by most countries in the world today. * Hebrew calendar * Hindu calendars * Ibibio calendar used by the Ibibio people * Igbo calendar u...
 
@Cerberus Hodie a.d. VIII Kal. Mai. MMDCCLXVII AUC est.
 
8:52 PM
@KitFox Except in Israel, China, large parts of the Islamic world.
 
@oerkelens Oh. So when I order something from China, how do they know when to deliver it here?
 
Jez
today is actually 23 Jumada al-thani, 1435 AH
 
Internationally, CE is commonly used because it enabled communication with the West :)
 
@oerkelens When you say, in situation X, a Japanese person is likely to exclaim "yes" and an English person would shout "no", you are pretending that a certain Japanese word "is" yes. But that is circular reasoning: a Japanese word is not yes until you translate it—but the translation is exactly what is being debated.
 
@KitFox That’s why it’s always late.
 
8:53 PM
@KitFox They are good with dates :)
 
Ah. I see.
 
@Cerberus No it is not. What is so impossible about me describing an orgasm as coming, and someone else describing it as going?
 
@tchrist Hmm somehow I don't think that notation was ever used, but I like it!
 
But now I am confused about the worldwide celebrations on Dec 31, 1999.
 
@KitFox Me too. the new millenium CE started 366 days later
 
8:55 PM
Hodie ante diem VIII Kalendas Maias MMDCCLXVII ab Urbe Condida est.
@KitFox Those people don’t count.
@oerkelens A thousand asses CE?
 
@oerkelens What you are saying is that a certain Japanese word, say, nikkomikko, is translated as "go" in a certain situation, and as "have an orgasm" in another situation. But it makes little sense in the context of such an explanation to say that nikkomikko "is" one translation or the other. It is nothing except itself.
Think Buddhism!
@tchrist Hodie is an adverb.
 
Damn it.
 
@Cerberus No. The verb "come"in English is not translated as "having an orgasm"it is one of it's slang meanings. The common translation of it in say, Dutch, is "gaan".
 
Perhaps hodie est is possible, as in English and Dutch, but...I doubt it.
 
@oerkelens Hmm.
 
8:58 PM
@oerkelens Huh? Now you've lost me entirely.
 
Jez
> Astrobiologist Duncan Steel argues further that if one is going to replace BC/AD with BCE/CE then one should reject all aspects of the dating system (including time of day, days of the week and months of the year), as they all have origins related to pagan, astrological, Jewish, or Christian beliefs. He rejects secular arguments against Christian-based BC/AD as selective. Steel makes note of the consistency of the Quaker system (now rarely used), which removed all such references.
this guy knows what he's talking about
 

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