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Robusto

00:02

It's curious to me how newbies come in here and right away want to become mods. It's like they can't wait to control things. I get the feeling someone has hurt them at some point in their lives and now they want revenge.

@KitFox: If you want to migrate this meta question to MSO, please feel free.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

01:03

@Robusto yay!

That's what I said. I said yay.

Mahnax

01:19

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Q: 'receptionist' & 'deceptionist'

If a receptionist is a person who greets and deals with visitors to a office, can deceptionist be an acceptable English word to describe a person who delays and blocks visitors to a office, especially one who impedes visitors meeting the boss? Or is there a better word?

tchrist

01:30

@Mahnax You do understand who and what that is, right?

Mahnax

@tchrist No, I don't, sorry.

I have missed a few things, evidently.

Is it Nortonn somehow?

tchrist

Nope.

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Q: Was my suspension for posting low-quality posts a Great Injustice?

Hello, I'm writing in reference to your English Language and Usage - Stack Exchange account: http://english.stackexchange.com/users/24531/xavier-vidal-hernandez Due to many moderator flags on your questions, we have elected to suspend your account for 7 days. Your quest...

discussion moderation suspension low-quality-posts

Mahnax

Oh. Xavier.

I had almost forgotten…

tchrist

Indeed.

Mahnax

Xavier, then. Huh.

Obviously not too discouraged, given the recent influx.

tchrist

01:35

I don’t have a list of his deleted questions the way I largely do for NS, but he likes asking useless questions.

Mahnax

I remember him quite well now.

tchrist

Dang, I see that my question for the moderator panel didn’t make it. QUESTION: How do you anticipate an impending change in your marital status affecting your moderatorship? :)

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I heard that.

Mahnax

@tchrist ANSWER: My ongoing divorce is giving me lots of stress. I will happily take this out on the community by downvoting everything in sight and reopening bad questions.

tchrist

Ah, just like everybody else then.

Mahnax

01:40

My previous sentence is a joke and is not to be taken as a representative statement of my campaign. Brought to you by the Mahnax Foundation for a Mahnatic Moderator ®™

tchrist

Don’t worry, I don’t think your parents were too worried you’d divorce them.

Robusto

@MichaelMyers OK, then I guess I won't participate at all then. That's pretty much all I ever do these days.

@Mahnax Relax, I already voted.

Couldn't help m'self.

Mahnax

I have too, actually. My votes may change based on the other candidates' answers to the Meta question, of course.

Robusto

Yeah. My mind is made up. Don't confuse me with the facts.

tchrist

Vote early, vote often.

Theodore Broda

01:44

@Mahnax You mean you're not going to take it out on the community? For once, I thought someone had a uniquely audacious campaign platform, but I guess I am disappointed.

Robusto

This is like a real election. My votes are not so much for people I think will make a difference, but against others I think will make a difference.

Mahnax

@TheodoreBroda No, I likely shall not. Sorry to disappoint, but I have a Perfect Reputation Silver Edition to uphold.

Robusto

@Mahnax If it's so perfect, why isn't it gold? Or even platinum?

tchrist

Unobtainium.

mithril

Mahnax

@Robusto Uh, budget cuts?

Robusto

01:47

Oh wait, I see in my notes that you have to get the Perfect Plus Gold Edition. Perfect doesn't cut it these days.

tchrist

@TheodoreBroda You two need to remake The Odd Couple.

Robusto

TheodoreBroda is two?

tchrist

27 of 129 closed. Not too shabby. Oh, and undeleted. Must fix that.

Theodore Broda

@Robusto This is like a real election. I don't expend any time actually researching about the policies of the candidates, but abuse my suffrage by simply voting for the superficially "coolest" ones.

tchrist

whistles chalantly

Theodore Broda

01:49

Except I can't actually vote in a "real" election, which is a good thing.

Robusto

@tchrist Stop being so couth.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Couth.

tchrist

@Robusto That would be kunt in OHG.

Theodore Broda

@Robusto I'm gruntled that we're having such a robust discussion.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I'll have the couth couth.

Robusto

01:52

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 You have whooping couth.

tchrist

Whoola-whooping cooves.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Olly olly oxen free.

tchrist

Be kind to keine kleine kine.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Excouth me. This English chat room?

tchrist

And their kith.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

01:57

Kith me, you fool.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Yes. But that doesn't mean you can sit on Mr. Hunt.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto Someone pour me some more win.

Robusto

What kind.

Ooh, I know what I was going to share. Among my FD presents was a bottle of Glenmorangie Signet.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Damn, you must be some kind of father.

Robusto

masterofmalt.com/whiskies/glenmorangie-signet-whisky/?srh=1

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 You damn betcha.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

02:02

Is 3cl more than a shot?

Mahnax

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 No.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Google says it's 1.01oz.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Probably not. I got a fifth, though.

Mahnax

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 A shot is 45ml or 4.5cl.

tchrist

@Mahnax Well, well. A jigger is an ounce and half, and that’s what you want your mixologist to employ.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

02:04

@Robusto I was eyeing that 3cL sample.

tchrist

Unless it’s snake-oil.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

KITTIES!

Mahnax

@tchrist Whose kitties are those?

Cute!

tchrist

@Mahnax The snake’s.

Mahnax

@tchrist I see.

tchrist

02:05

Mahnax

@tchrist ! Aww, babies.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 You can have a sample for free. But you have to come to Boston for it. Cheaper to buy a fifth, I think.

tchrist

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Robusto I wonder where I could get a fifth in these parts.

Theodore Broda

@tchrist You don't strike me as the type of person to employ the term mixologist; it seems rather informal and contemporary for you.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

02:08

hugs kitties together

tchrist

@TheodoreBroda What do expect for snake oil?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@tchrist that looks like tornado weather.

tchrist

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Yeah, might have been.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Check the better merchants.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Wherever fine whisky is sold.

Robusto

02:17

Aye.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I wish I still had some Boston baked beans.

tchrist

02:28

I have more.

Mahnax

Cat photos?

tchrist

Mahnax

The darling! In a tree!

tchrist

Yes. Very camouflaged, isn’t he? That’s alpenglow on the kitty.

Mahnax

What's his name?

tchrist

02:30

That one is Lorin.

Robusto

@tchrist I see he's denuded the tree of birds already.

Mahnax

What a lovely photograph.

tchrist

Mitch

"I could take down one of them"

tchrist

Mahnax

02:32

What a nice tail Lorin has.

tchrist

He was attacking the deer.

As a little tiny kitten.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Oh deer!

Mitch

Is he really?

tchrist

There is no she here.

Mahnax

You are making me wish I had my kitty back.

tchrist

02:33

Mitch

Killers at rest

Dreaming of the the next take down.

Mahnax

Oh my gosh, the one on the left looks just like Gracie (my old cat).

tchrist

Robusto

@Mahnax That's how tabbies do.

tchrist

Mahnax

02:35

@Robusto Yeah, I know. But I still love to make that remark every time.

tchrist

Mahnax

Tom, if I visit Colorado sometime, may I come visit you three?

tchrist

Of course.

Mitch

The suspense is killing me...what happened to the deer? Did your vcat at least get a claw or tooth in it?

Mahnax

Thank you. It would be nice to meet all of you, I think.

Alraxite

02:36

Dogs are cuter.

Theodore Broda

@Mahnax Not me. I'm even less pleasant in person.

Mitch

@Alraxite Cat hater!

Alraxite

@tchrist What is that big book?

Theodore Broda

@Alraxite Finally! A fellow dog person!

Mahnax

@TheodoreBroda Oh, by all of you I meant tchrist and his two cats. That was a little ambiguous. I would be okay with meeting many of you though. Yourself included.

tchrist

02:38

The last one is a portrait of the OED. I bet you missed it.

Theodore Broda

@Mahnax Ah, I see. Thank you for the courteous disambiguation.

Robusto

@tchrist You should have left the magnifying glass on top as a clue.

Mahnax

@TheodoreBroda bows

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@tchrist I knew it!

tchrist

Lorin’s tail is as wide as he is, when fluffed out.

Mahnax

02:42

@tchrist How nice! I love cats with fluffy tails.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

The bed is calling early tonight.

Good night, gents.

Theodore Broda

Good night, @cornbreadninja麵包忍者.

Mahnax

Night, corn!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Robusto I watched the finale of GoT. So I hereby withdraw any objection to spoilers.

Mitch

@tchrist What does that mean when they fluff them out? THey're not being aggressive, are they?

tchrist

02:47

@Mitch Maybe.

That’s my bear.

They’re best friends.

She has two little cubs.

Mahnax

Aww.

tchrist

Sometimes Lorin sleeps with his tail over his eyes during the daytime.

Mahnax

What the heck.

That's adorable.

medica

@tchrist Your cats are beautiful. We had a tabby that looked exactly like yours. (I miss her; she was quite a character) What is your tabby's name? (beautiful photos, btw.)

Mahnax

@medica Hehe, I said the same thing about the tabby.

tchrist

03:00

The tabby’s name is Randy. And you are too kind. It is the subject matter that makes the picture.

Mahnax

@tchrist But you are an excellent photographer too, of course.

medica

Yes, they are beautiful and photogenic. But the photos are really nice.

tchrist

medica

Did you get them as kittens?

So regal-looking!

tchrist

@medica Yes.

Mahnax

03:02

@tchrist Oh wow. So snuggly.

tchrist

And now for somebody completely different.

Mahnax

I turn into an excitable child when cats.

medica

Look at that furry guy.

tchrist

He’ll really getcher goat.

Mahnax

Oh, my stomach is grumbling. BRB.

medica

03:03

@tchrist Did you take that in Colo? I saw them in Glacier.

tchrist

@medica Yes, on Mount Evans.

And are you sure you aren’t talking about Dall Sheep? They’re white, too, but sheep not goatish.

Wait, never mind.

medica

beautiful photo. perfect, really. what camera do you use?

tchrist

Glacier is in Montana.

@medica The EXIF data should be intact.

An “old” Nikon D700.

Mostly.

medica

they had horns like that... and shed their coats in thick pelts.

I took pictures, but they were lost on a broken computer.

tchrist

Yes, Glacier would have Mountain Goats.

@medica Must make albums.

But mountain goats are not very caprid.

medica

03:06

(i know... so stupid. lost a couple of years of my kids' pictures.)

tchrist

> The mountain goat is an even-toed ungulate of the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae that includes antelopes, gazelles, and cattle. It belongs to the subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes), along with 32 other species including true goats, sheep, the chamois, and the muskox. The mountain goat is the only species in the genus Oreamnos. The name Oreamnos is derived from the Greek term oros (stem ore-) "mountain" (or, alternatively, oreas "mountain nymph") and the word amnos "lamb".

He is more closely related to a muskox than to a true goat or sheep.

Those are Calypso bulbosa: calypso orchids; fairyslippers.

medica

I saw sheep and goats in St. John that (oh my gosh, that's a beautiful orchid... I'm so envious of your wildflowers!)

Theodore Broda

Fantastic! I like the shallow depth of field, it really makes the color pop.

medica

I saw some in Estes park. Took photos with Ektachrome back then. Those are beautiful.

tchrist

@TheodoreBroda You know, you say that, but those were shot at f/9 and f/13 respectively.

The long one at f/9.

The tall one at f/13.

medica

03:11

I could barely tell the sheep from the goats in St. John. The "sheep" had tails downturned, the goats up.

tchrist

But it’s a 105mm lens on a full-frame body with the lens really rather close to the blooms.

@medica I only recall the donkeys from St John.

medica

There were lots of those, too!

I used to travel around the country to find and photograph wildflowers. I remember Colorado well for them.

That was decades ago. Before the death of ektachrome.

tchrist

Ah.

Now we make our own.

Even Velvia, if we want.

That would be a sheep, in the Velvia style.

medica

wow!

tchrist

But really, the colors up there above 13,000 feet where that shot was taken are incredible.

medica

03:19

that's gorgeous. You really have a good eye. the colors are lovely.

Theodore Broda

medica

yep.

Theodore Broda

Found these orchids in St. Johns, not sure what variety.

medica

I've never seen those before.

really?

tchrist

:1611418 Showy orchis is the closest you’d have at home.

medica

03:20

I remember now! I did see orchids growing on tree branches in St. John, several varieties.

tchrist

The sheep was taken at 39° 37' 17.26" N, 105° 36' 8.73" W @ 12.448 kilofeet of altitude.

@medica The ones in the trees are different from those on the ground.

Epiphytes.

medica

Here, we have very few... lady's slippers, tiny green ones, so long ago I've forgotten their names.

Theodore Broda

@tchrist I saw many epiphytic bromeliads, too.

tchrist

@medica Bog Orchids.

Those are the tiny green ones.

medica

@TheodoreBroda hi!

tchrist

03:24

And Lady’s Tresses are the white ones that grow near the Bog Orchids.

medica

yes! Those are the orchids I saw. And not often, either. I guess there's not a lot of natural habitat around here. Some conservancies are stunning, but just in the time I've lived here, there's been much decline.

tchrist

The other common orchid here besides bog orchids and lad’s tresses are coral root, which is interesting in that it makes no chlorophyll.

Mahnax

Hello again.

tchrist

The yellow ladyslipper is the rarest here, growing only in the Wet Mountains down south. The calypso is a circumboreal orchid that is uncommon at best, although it helps if you understand where to find them.

medica

Beautiful (just googled). They remind me of the much homlier indian pipes common here.

@Mahnax Hi!

tchrist

03:29

@medica Somewhat. We have another like indian pipe whose name escapes me.

medica

Have you seen Twin flower in Colorado?

Linnaea borealis, I think.

tchrist

@medica Not sure. Seems more like a Great Lakes flower.

medica

I thought maybe with the heights you might have them.

tchrist

Oh yes, apparently so.

Here’s where to go for Colorado wildflowers:

swcoloradowildflowers.com/pink%20enlarged%20photo%20pages/…

medica

Nice site! Those little flowers are hard to photograph well. So small, and densely matted. It's hard to frame them well.

tchrist

03:33

I have to go herd kittens.

medica

:)

beautiful site. thanks for the link.

Theodore Broda

Goodnight, everyone. I must retire to my bedchambers.

medica

@TheodoreBroda nite

Mahnax

@TheodoreBroda Early!

tchrist

Lorin came right away, but Randy seems to be out prowling.

medica

03:46

Our tabby was a threat to all living things smaller than a rabbit. Great hunter. Too good.

tchrist

03:58

Did you see the garter snake Randy brought home?

medica

I did! Did he not dislike the musk?

tchrist

Not enough, apparently.

It was playing dead.

medica

smart.

tchrist

When Lorin would try to nibble on its tail, it would flick him in the face with it.

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