ELL's Cabin

Damkerng T.

16:00

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A: How to make my batteries work for a short time, one last time

A quite similar answer has already been posted, but I can't comment yet so here is mine: For AA or AAA alkaline batteries you can slightly deform them by hitting them gently with a hammer. It gives a little extra life. Be cautious to not tear or break the battery, it contains toxic products !

Apparently, someone on SE did the same thing I heard.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

They could place 'em in the fridge.

Damkerng T.

Some shops don't have a fridge.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

They could chew them.

Jim Reynolds

I think hitting them just makes the tiny little monkeys inside them pedal their tiny little bicycles faster with their tiny little legs.

Damkerng T.

LOL

Jim Reynolds

16:03

Thus amperaging the turbines with surplus joule-watts.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hitting them with a battery or putting them in a fridge only makes their last tiny bits of voltage usable.

Or there's monkeys.

Jim Reynolds

Lol

Not every boat runs on snail power.

Damkerng T.

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A: How to make my batteries work for a short time, one last time

I have always just dropped the batteries on the floor to get more juice out of them. I don't know why it works, but I suspect that it has something to do with the fact that the batteries rely on a physical phenomenon (chemical energy) and that a good shock mixes it up enough to get more juice out...

Oh, this guy just drop'em!

Quite practical.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

>  . . . the batteries rely on a physical phenomenon (chemical energy) and  . . .

WTFingers?

Chemists and physicists have always been great frenemies.

Damkerng T.

Lately, things over here are frexpensive.

Jim Reynolds

16:08

I always throw my electronic devices against a wall.

Damkerng T.

@JimReynolds When you go bananas?

:P

Jim Reynolds

Frexpensive?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Nah, that's like, always, when he goes monkeys.

@JimReynolds Frigging Expensive.

Damkerng T.

@JimReynolds Free/friendly/frigging-expensive.

Jim Reynolds

Is that your version of snailboat's f-word frenzy yesterday?

Damkerng T.

16:10

Could be. But I thought of only free-friendly at first.

Jim Reynolds

She cusses like a sailor. Well . . . Boat!!

Damkerng T.

Like, you can have iPhone 6 today! Just ... baht (or even free sometimes).

With a very, very small text saying that you have to subscribe to the service for at least 24-48 months.

Or else you will have to pay for your iPhone in full.

Jim Reynolds

Oh. My bf is so dumb for that stuff.

Damkerng T.

Every time I calculate the total cost, it's always frexpensive!

Jim Reynolds

"but the xxx is free!!!"

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:13

@JimReynolds Bank Funder?

Jim Reynolds

His mind stops there.

Lol!!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Big Fangs?

Brit Fish?

Beast Flesh?

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It was Banana Frappe. :D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Boxing Fingers?

Bastard Frownies?

SPIT IT OUT ALREADY @JIM!

Damkerng T.

I'm sure he meant best friend. :-)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:16

Nah, I guessed boy friend.  . . .  . . . ಠ_ಠ

Jim Reynolds

My light and joy. Reason for living. Etc.

O.o

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Ahh... so this is how ಠ_ಠ is used.

Pretty scaryyy!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

ಠ_ಠ is used in almost every context. ಠ_ಠ

̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(ಠ_ಠ)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿

Jim Reynolds

Oh life is a wonderful pageant of song.

A sweet medley of extemporranea.

Love is a thing that can never go wrong.

Damkerng T.

Sounds like a song!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:20

I bet something has happened to @Jim.

Jim Reynolds

And I am the Queen of Rumania.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Dracula's wife?

Jim Reynolds

Haha

Dorothy Parker, more or less.

Less.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

More.

Damkerng T.

@JimReynolds Oh, right!

Catija

16:23

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Put those away... It's very rude to bring weapons into this room.

Damkerng T.

listening to Katy Perry singing "I want to see your peacock", and thinking to myself "Is cat okay?" ...

Jim Reynolds

Lol

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I'm tempted to think that's @Hagu.

Jim Reynolds

Weaponized bananas are ok.

Damkerng T.

He looks pretty much like that, just in white and brown. :D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:25

How in the world do you see white in there?

Catija

So, @JimReynolds In relation to our earlier conversation, how would you address FumbleFingers' comment here:

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A: which is more correct ? either "Thank you for your Kindly attention." or "Thank you for your Kind Attention."

OP's first version probably reflects the dated/archaic form [I] thank you kindly for your attention - but it's at the very least "unidiomatic", and should definitely be avoided. Personally, I think the word kind in the second version is both completely unnecessary and somewhat obsequious, so I w...

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hey @Dam our @snail posted a meta Q:

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Q: Highlight for reputation notifications in top bar is too small

When I move my mouse over the little inbox icon, it gets highlighted pretty well: 　 Sure, it's half a pixel off-center, but it's pretty good. But when I move my mouse over my reputation notification: 　 The grey is the wrong size! It looks weird. Not only is it not centered, it's too thin. ...

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I upvoted that one!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

She has a lot of fans.

Catija

How did Snail get such a huge amount of rep in one day?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:28

Not one day.

She never looks at that rep thingy.

Damkerng T.

in Language Overflow, 15 hours ago, by snailboat

By the way, I signed up for 74 sites today using the new "join this community" button.

:D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hah!

@snail loves that button.

BTW her small avatar reminds that @Jim of a little girl, but it reminds me of a sandwich.

Catija

@DamkerngT. HAA HA HA HA HA

Jim Reynolds

First, @Cat, and this is ONLY a difference!! I wouldn't require detail about which they think is correct and why. I could answer the question

user62015

@DamkerngT. @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M @Catija @JimReynolds Hi!

Damkerng T.

16:31

@user62015 Hi!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

/o\

Jim Reynolds

Hi!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

\o/

Catija

@JimReynolds I'm not talking about that part. :P

Jim Reynolds

I know. Lol.

I just wanted to illustrate.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:32

Ya know, I just say that a lot to @snail.

user62015

In this paragraph "One half of the two-year-strong couple is not fooled for a second by the stranger's hand shoved in front of her, quickly discerning: 'No chance. That's not Max's hand. Too long of fingers.'

"

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@snail, I know, I KNOW!

In this paragraph.

user62015

I don't understand this part "too long of fingers", my question is what the preposition of doing here?

Damkerng T.

wondering what @user62015 is reading...

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. Dailymail.

user62015

16:33

@DamkerngT. It's interesting.

dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3176317/…

Damkerng T.

Hah!

I can't reach that site!

Jim Reynolds

Oh. I only know it's a mostly old-fashioned way to speak.

Damkerng T.

This site has inappropriate materials. They say.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I did say I'm a foreteller a while ago.

Jim Reynolds

Really!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:34

@DamkerngT. It's bad for your eyes.

Damkerng T.

@JimReynolds Yes! (Robots don't lie. :-)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

And we're totally pointing at the poor guy's question.

@user it just means they're too long to be considered his fingers.

Jim Reynolds

It just means his ....

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

But in a more beautiful way.

Jim Reynolds

Why you ...

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:36

Why me?

user62015

Okay.

Jim Reynolds

Lobs a bomb at backwards MAR.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Eats the bomb

user62015

It could be said "too long fingers"

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Thanks @Jim.

@user62015 No it couldn't.

user62015

16:38

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I meant to say she could say, "they are too long fingers and they can't be my boyfriend's"

Jim Reynolds

@user How about "I'm short on money?"

Or "short of money"?

We use that kind of phrase more often.

user62015

@JimReynolds Short of money.

Jim Reynolds

Yes. That's what I meant to write at first. But I think people use both, actually.

Note: MAR is not considered a person.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@user62015 too long to be his fingers.

Jim Reynolds

He is a little short of brain.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:40

@JimReynolds I'm exposed. Burn you!

Jim Reynolds

:-D

user62015

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Yes, I agree.

Jim Reynolds

@Cat oops. I was walking dogs and now I'm back. Let me read FF and reply.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Bah, your nose is that long?

Jim Reynolds

I usually tell myself, "That grumpy old so-and-so" when I read 90% of what he writes!

But I still love him.

LOL

Nose long: LOL

dummy

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

16:41

This is the first sign.

Jim Reynolds

@Cat. Oh!!

If I didn't now know you and love you better, I'd be on his side there.

On the issue itself.

Catija

@JimReynolds Why? (Not accusatory, curious)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I'm on @Cat's side.

Jim Reynolds

I'm inclined to edit questions for correctness and clarity when we can reasonably discern the intent.

Or at least, I would if I wasn't lazier.

I do understand a view that leaving mistakes can help us evaluate how to respond more helpfully to a given OP at times.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I never edit that stuff out without pointing it in the answer or as a comment.

Lazybug!

Jim Reynolds

16:44

But I think you're just stricter in general. If that word has a negative connotation, then "have higher standards!"

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@JimReynolds Hang in more than one SE, and you'll end up being the same as we are.

Catija

@JimReynolds But the OP used "you" twice in the same exact place. I'm not saying he should leave mistakes... I'm saying that he should at the very least point out that they are wrong... In the upvoted answer, the answer includes the rewritten text of the sentences, allowing for the corrected spelling and capitalization. FF doesn't ever rewrite the sentence, so we have no clue what the final answer is.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

We're more moddy.

Strict and firm but polite enough not to get kicked out.

Jim Reynolds

OK. I didn't read carefully!!!

hahaa

Let me calm down. Mr "inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M", as it were, upsets me because he stubbornly insists on existing on the same planet as me.

(I came to this one to get away from organelles like him.)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Bah, I don't get why you think I get defensive when I love to explain this stuff.

Damkerng T.

16:47

I remember that I decided not to answer several questions because I wasn't sure how I should fix the OP's sentence. Some users choose to ignore all errors that the OP didn't ask about. Some users fix all of them for free. That's what I'd observed.

Jim Reynolds

@Cat. Ok, ok!!! Yes, completely weird to correct a mistake that's part of what the OP is asking about!!

Ridiculous.

Hang him.

Damkerng T.

@JimReynolds o_O

Jim Reynolds

O.o

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

O_o

Damkerng T.

Did you drop a "not" up there?

Jim Reynolds

16:49

Is there any policy against calling for the violent deaths of others in chat?

O.O

Catija

@JimReynolds I think that as long as we know you don't mean it, you're fine.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Catija He doesn't mean 98% of what he says.

Jim Reynolds

I've appointed @sna, and @Dam (and now YOU) to help me remember that not everyone always knows I'm joking.

@sna has done it at least once.

Damkerng T.

@JimReynolds Me is @Dam, @Dam is me.

Wait, what do you want?

:P

Jim Reynolds

Well, to be honest, I still didn't read the whole question and answer and comments, @Cat. I can usually focus better, but I haven't taken my medication yet.

Mostly because the doctors won't give me any more medication.

Since I had the invisible baby that won't breastfeed, you know

Curses this baby.

Catija

16:54

I think it's time for you to get some sleep, @JimReynolds

Jim Reynolds

But some of my cat's de-worming medications calm me down.

Did you start mixing up cupcake batter yet?

Catija

@JimReynolds No. I have to eat lunch first or I'll eat all of the cupcakes before tonight.

Jim Reynolds

You may never respect me again, but I decided to cut like 90% of sugar out of my life.

Catija

That's OK. I respect it because I could never do it. :)

Jim Reynolds

Inhales more cocaine.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD, DAMMIT!!!

@Cat. It shouldn't have been edited.

And I think you explained why accurately, though maybe not as charmingly as I conduct my own communications.

O.O

Catija

17:42

Is there any way to find out who's VTC a question?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Catija Not until it gets closed.

Catija

Someone VTC this as "proofreading".

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Q: Sentence Correction - preposition

"Where did you get this from?" "Where did you get this?" Which one is correct and why? According to the textbook, the first one is incorrect. Please explain.

prepositions

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

They never learn. Sigh

Or, they dunno what proofreading means.

IMO, 500 rep is too low a threshold for close votes' review.

Any learner can achieve it pretty easily with some obscure questions.

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M If we were only a few weeks old, it wouldn't be. The problem is that the site is well beyond needing the lower privileges thresholds.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Agreed.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

18:07

Just a quick note in case you're not familiar with Meta. On Meta, unlike on StackOverflow, downvotes mean "I don't agree". This means that reputation on meta is very different from reputation on StackOverflow, and you could end up with a low rep on Meta if everything you say is not agreed upon. If you want to gain some rep on meta, make sure your questions have freehand circles and your answers reference unicorns or waffles. — The Unhandled Exception May 10 '10 at 16:26

Hullo @Alex! Welcome to our chatroom!

Unfortunately, since you have 1 rep, you can't talk here.

You'll need 20 rep for that.

It's a pretty low threshold, though.

Hope to see you in the future!

Catija

18:35

@snailboat I got to tell someone about a flat adverb :D

Stack Exchange

19:20

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Q: Cheeking sentences here is acceptable?

Sometimes I'm not sure in specific sentence, can I write it here to get opinion about it? Not always I can explain what is the doubt that I have, it's more about the wording (I would like that it will sound as much as native). For example in the following sentence: "When drinking sweetened dri...

discussion questions

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

20:05

\o @Cat!

Sooooo, what is the final chosen flavor?

Catija

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Chocolate... I guess. Still trying to figure out the frosting. Someone told me he likes German Chocolate Cake... but I really dislike the topping they put on it (it has dried sweetened coconut)... so I'm trying to figure out how to make a different frosting that still seems like the kind of cake he likes.

Damkerng T.

@Catija How about making white chocolate look a bit like coconut?

I guess pure chocolate with chocolate cupcakes would be just fine, anyway.

I'd love to have some after badminton games if I were still twenty-something. :-)

Catija

As far as I'm concerned, "white chocolate" doesn't exist. :P

Hey @CopperKettle :D

Damkerng T.

Hah! Okay. :-)

CopperKettle

@Catija Good 1:00 AM, Katya!

Top of the night, so to speak!

Catija

20:15

@CopperKettle Wow, it's late... wait... @DamkerngT. how late is it there?

CopperKettle

It's probably morning in Bangkok

It's 3:16 there

Damkerng T.

@Catija It's 3:18 now.

Catija

@CopperKettle Hey, that's easy to remember... it's the same time here... well... off by 12 hours but.

CopperKettle

@Catija (0:

@Catija In Texas?

Catija

@CopperKettle yes.

CopperKettle

20:18

I'd better go to sleep.. Yawns

Good night, folks!

Catija

@CopperKettle Night!

Damkerng T.

Good night!

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Q: English grammar so vs such

I was doing test. It says the following sentence is correct: The aviation influenza is so deadly a disease all countries are trying to find a cure for it. But as we know, we use such+ adjective+ noun.....and so + adjective without noun.... So, ı was confused. Could you comment on this please.

grammar

Not sure what happened in that question!

(I found it and thought, I'd better read it before closing it.)

Ahh

I can see now why the answers were downvoted.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Why?

Damkerng T.

They are not quite correct. Just almost correct.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I won't attempt to click on that link.

Damkerng T.

20:31

It's closed now. :D

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

20:48

@Dam I posted one weird answer.

One weird meta.chem answer.

Damkerng T.

Oh, how weird?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Would you proofread it for me? Pretty please? Puppy eyes

Here it is:

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A: Improper question titles/questions

Bad titles are a sickness. If you don't treat 'em ASAP, they'll take over your body, even if you consider them a single cold. Now don't tell me I'm over-dramatic. (I am but that isn't relevant) The other site I'm active on, ELL, realized the problem when it was too late. Thus, the editors don't ...

Oh crud. I should probably run away as I betrayed ELL.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M grabbed!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hey I edited it!

Damkerng T.

> (I am but that isn't relevant) <-- a period is missing?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

20:53

Don't kill me T-@Dam!

@DamkerngT. Not necessarily. It could be an appositive.

Damkerng T.

> His eyes are turning red. His ELL subroutine kicks in, but the puppy eyes make him feel a little hesitant. ...

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It it were an appositive, It'd be better without a period before the left-parenthesis, and probably The other site should be in lowercase.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DamkerngT. Right.

I wonder what @snail would have done to me if I said that about Japanese.SE.

I wonder though  . . . @Dam why do you think I'm so open to write meta answers?

I feel very lazy to be as fast when answering something from ELL or chem.SE.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Because it's more political? :-)

Nah, I think it's just more fun, and potentially useful.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Heck, I haz a score of 98 in discussion!

That's more than twice my score in my top tag on the main site.

Damkerng T.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M A discuss(ion)-lover!

> So, what can you, as a community member do?

I think it's better with two commas before-after as a community member.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

21:01

Hmm.

Damkerng T.

Or else, no comma after you.

That's all I can tell. Job well done!

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Edited, and added an image so the edit isn't meaningless.

Damkerng T.

Poor kid! He's having a good time! :-)

Anonymous

22:46

I know I got a real message earlier but I got so many notifications I can't find it . . .

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

WORKIN' AS PLANNED

Anonymous

23:52

@DamkerngT. Ah, Santa Claus's closest relative, Relative Clause

Anonymous

I'll eventually find those messages I saw earlier . . . :-)

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