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12:08 AM

@Gigili Too many good candidates mean a greater possibility of getting two great mods. Kit, Matt, Meta, maybe Robusto soon--all great candidates.

Also: question to watch

usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/175059-run-down-leads.html

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Q: police run down leads

What does it mean when police run down leads ? Could someone show me a dictionary with the definition for this use of run down? Thank you very much!

dictionaries

I'm suspicious.

Gigili

@simchona Makes choosing harder though.

simchona

@Gigili True, but then...less chances to go wrong!

@waiwai933 Ha! I was right!

I was hoping he'd ask another question so I could be sure, since he's not banned for this question on UE yet

Robusto

@Gigili They've dismantled Joe Paterno's statue at Penn State, but they're going to move it to the university library to help induce people to "keep quiet."

Gigili

1:09 AM

@Robusto Piece by piece? I have no idea how that would help them in inducing student to keep quite.

Because of the missing word?

Robusto

2:19 AM

@Gigili It's a joke. Paterno managed to keep his whole department quiet about the child abuse going on there.

user19161

5:32 AM

I have decided who to vote for and the order of the votes. However, they shall be kept secret, shh...

user19161

Also, I noticed I have five stars on the star wall now, this is quite amazing!

Mahnax

I'm still contemplating running. I might give it a shot.

No harm in trying, I suppose.

user19161

I now use my own algorithm to decide on who to vote for on SE.

Mahnax

Oh, good.

An algorithm is neat.

user19161

First, I pick the three candidates I want to vote for since there are three votes to cast.

Mahnax

5:37 AM

OK.

Go on…

user19161

Then I order them according to rep. The highest rep user will get the first vote. Simple.

Mahnax

If you say so.

user19161

Still, one cannot guess who they are, because they don't know about the first step.

Mahnax

Yeah.

Well, I think I'll write up my nomination thing tomorrow, and submit it.

user19161

OK. Then I will need to rerun my algorithm.

Mahnax

5:42 AM

Sure.

user19161

@Mahnax Are you going to say Nyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeur?

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Nope.

I'll be serious.

If I am elected as a moderator, I will be more serious about everything here.

user19161

@Mahnax Oh noes.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Not too serious, but more serious.

user19161

@Mahnax Yeah, like reducing mwahahahaha to mwahaha.

Mahnax

5:45 AM

@JasperLoy Eh, I don't use either of those.

user19161

I read EC's statement and the comments there. I have great difficulty trying to fathom his personality type.

Mahnax

I was a little surprised when I read MetaEd's nomination.

user19161

Well, his statement makes it clear.

user19161

Haha, I just commented to EC that he misspelled "Wiktionary".

Mahnax

And this IAdapter fellow…

user19161

5:51 AM

I was surprised at EC and IA actually, since they don't seem to do much here, each having less than 1k.

user19161

I think a mod should at least have 1k of rep.

Mahnax

I think a mod should have a decent bit of rep, at least for a site this old.

Maybe 5k.

But reputation does not necessarily a good moderator make.

Meysam

6:17 AM

Is "in due course" very formal?

You can be assured that you will be contacted in due course for the updates

user19161

6:39 AM

@Meysam Well, I think it is alright. It does not sound like you are trying to use a difficult word.

Meysam

@JasperLoy A friend of mine received it in an email from the U.S. embassy indeed.

@JasperLoy, are you not going to nominate yourself?

user19161

@Meysam Hmm, I think not.

user19161

@Meysam I see. Well, of course, we don't hear it often because it is used only in the situations where that meaning is warranted.

Meysam

@JasperLoy Why? Everybody is doing that. even me!

user19161

@Meysam You are nominating yourself?

Meysam

6:48 AM

@JasperLoy Yes, seems silly though

user19161

@Meysam Hmm, OK. I wonder if Gigili is also doing so.

Meysam

@JasperLoy I don't know

Will you vote for me?

user19161

@Meysam I have to see the entire list of candidates first just before election.

Meysam

@JasperLoy Fair enough! I am not a good candidate; but I will nominate myself.

Journeyman Geek

@JasperLoy: EC has a bit of a history on SE

Mahnax

6:55 AM

Oh! Hello, folks.

Meysam

Hey mahnax

user19161

@Meysam Sure. If you want to nominate yourself, the intention must be to win then. Some people nominate themselves but say they don't really want to win, which does not make sense to me.

user19161

@Meysam A comma is preferable to a semicolon there. Also note that I don't really punctuate properly in chat.

Mahnax

Ouch, I have a huge blister on the bottom of my foot.

user19161

@Mahnax You seem to get blisters and in grown toe nails all the time. Did you follow my advice from 9000 years ago?

Journeyman Geek

6:57 AM

lol

If it was that long ago,, maybe he's getting forgetful in his old age?

Mahnax

@JasperLoy What advice?

Cut off my feet?

That would solve so many problems and create over 9000 more.

user19161

@Mahnax I told you how to cut your nails and how to wear your socks.

Journeyman Geek

lol

user19161

@Mahnax No, that will only make you lame.

Journeyman Geek

@Mahnax: I half jokingly mention wanting to remove my little toes

user19161

6:59 AM

@JourneymanGeek By the way, I really did tell him that.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Right, well, a week of walking for 2 hours per day in awful shoes creates blisters.

Journeyman Geek

(I have horrifically wide feet. I barely fit into a size 11 extra wide)

user19161

@Mahnax Well, since I have told you about nails and socks, I think I should tell you that you need to get correct shoes as well. Pick the best two adjacent sizes and go for the bigger one.

user19161

@JourneymanGeek I am US size 7.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Goodness.

@JasperLoy How tall are you again?

user19161

7:02 AM

@Mahnax Is that very small? Oh sorry I forgot I meant 8.

user19161

Yes, it is 8 and not 7.

Mahnax

@JasperLoy Still tiny, but OK.