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Post by whatagain on Nov 18, 2018 18:32:40 GMT
Tartar is a sauce that we use with fish mostly, or with fries (any sauce if ok with fries).
Plaque carries the meaning of agglomeration, at least in French, so unless it has changed meaning when going over the Channel, I'd believe Patrick ;-) Problem when you have a plaque is when dentist is removing it, I have the sensation my head will be removed as well.
Anyway, I'm frozen - I spend th afternoon gardening and planted the 5th tree when sun was set, and it was nearly totally dark. Then I realized how the cold had gotten into me.
Brrrr.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 19, 2018 1:46:40 GMT
I thought tartar was the old term and plaque the newer fancy name for the same thing. No? “Calculus” is the new word for tartar, which is the hardened mineralized version of plaque. Plaque can be scraped off with daily flossing, but calculus is stuck on pretty tight till the dental hygienist gets after it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 19, 2018 3:00:05 GMT
Calculus, huh? Somehow they were unable to find a term that wasn't already in use for something else?
Just looked up calculus and no surprise, the first definition is the mathematical one. But the literal meaning of calculus is "small pebble", which I guess build up in the ol' oral cavity if tartar, plaque, etc. are not dealt with in a timely manner.
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Post by questa on Nov 19, 2018 8:47:42 GMT
Just looked up calculus and no surprise, the first definition is the mathematical one. But the literal meaning of calculus is "small pebble", Possibly mathematics started with smart bipeds pushing little stones around until one of them roared,"oo-ee-ka" and showed the others an abacus she had made.
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 19, 2018 11:28:42 GMT
Both kidney stones and calculus are called calculs in French.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 19, 2018 12:50:49 GMT
Learn something every day!
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Post by Kimby on Nov 23, 2018 12:04:55 GMT
So there is a suspicious email arrived today, claiming I will lose access to my AOL email account unless I agree to a new privacy policy by tomorrow and asking me to click links in the email.
I googled the sender, OATH, and it may be legit, but why have I not heard about this before? Mr. Kimby says that previous similar emails might have landed in the spam box.
The new “privacy” policy allows them to “read” AOL and Yahoo emails for better “ad targeting”. —————————————————————-
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Post by bjd on Nov 23, 2018 12:47:56 GMT
Well, that address has a London postal code on it, despite it supposedly being in New York. Don't click on any links!
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Post by onlyMark on Nov 23, 2018 13:58:12 GMT
Do a Google search on parts of the text and you'll find it's a scam.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 23, 2018 20:12:59 GMT
The big county open art exhibition have politely rejected my three dolls. Serves me right for being so confident that their topicality would get them in. I was initially miffed...but the Cank Street Gallery have snapped them up. The owner said that he knew loads of people who were rejected every year...he said not to take it personally as they're quite random about what they take (!) But of course I did take it personally 😁 I'll get over it tho...
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 23, 2018 20:16:11 GMT
That’s a shame Cheery but it ended well.
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Post by whatagain on Nov 23, 2018 21:15:38 GMT
Nul n'est prophète en son pays... (nobody is appreciated in his own country) Try a civilized place where they like dolls !!!!
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 23, 2018 21:26:59 GMT
Cheery, they were wrong! Official people often are.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 24, 2018 14:16:17 GMT
Well, that address has a London postal code on it, despite it supposedly being in New York. Don't click on any links! Do a Google search on parts of the text and you'll find it's a scam. I took my chances and waited to see if AOL would survive past the deadline. It did. Thanks for your warnings. This was the most realistic scam I’ve been targeted with so far. Mainly because something called OATH apparently HAS acquired Yahoo and AOL this year.
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Post by bjd on Nov 24, 2018 15:39:04 GMT
Glad to hear it, Kimby.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 24, 2018 16:16:09 GMT
Cheery, those great big exhibitions get so many entries, I doubt seriously that the reviewing committee looks at every one. Based on what I've seen at big fairs, I think the first criterion is to limit each category to a certain amount -- so many of a particular type of food stand, so many jewelry stalls, etc. In the case of dolls, it may have been decided to only have one such exhibit, which meant that if your entry was received after another had already been chosen, yours never even got looked at. Anyway, you are the strictest critic of your creations and you know that they're good, as does your local gallery and the people who have snapped up your dolls.
Kimby ~ people still use aol email addresses?!
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Post by Kimby on Nov 24, 2018 18:27:42 GMT
Yes bixa. And some of us have VHS players and libraries of tapes, too! (For the renters on Sanibel.)
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 24, 2018 19:59:29 GMT
Okay, this is a major personal trauma: Just now I was watching an episode from season eight of The Office, an episode which aired in March of 2012. An elderly lady has a walk-on part. I recognized the woman as Georgia Engel, who played Georgette on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. I know Engel can't be that old, so I looked her up. I'm never using Wikipedia again. Georgia Engel was not only born the same year I was, she was born on the exact same day.
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Post by Kimby on Nov 24, 2018 20:02:53 GMT
Does she still have the high-pitched little girl voice?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 24, 2018 20:20:00 GMT
Yep, that's how I recognized her. She always irritated the shit out of me, as did Sally Struthers -- my other birthday twin.
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Post by mossie on Nov 25, 2018 8:01:03 GMT
Blimey, what an impossible set of triplets
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Post by kerouac2 on Nov 25, 2018 8:35:13 GMT
I wonder if they were all dressed alike as children.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 4, 2018 2:14:43 GMT
On my last night in Florida, I attempted to walk through a dark room to the screen porch and slammed full speed into the glass patio door that is never closed, but was that night because the weather had turned cold. Ouch! I don’t think it’s broken, but I have a cut on the bridge of my nose where my glasses were pushed into it, and my nose is still tender 3 days later. At least I didn’t break the glass door!
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Post by casimira on Dec 4, 2018 2:38:25 GMT
On my last night in Florida, I attempted to walk through a dark room to the screen porch and slammed full speed into the glass patio door that is never closed, but was that night because the weather had turned cold. Ouch! I don’t think it’s broken, but I have a cut on the bridge of my nose where my glasses were pushed into it, and my nose is still tender 3 days later. At least I didn’t break the glass door! Kimby., I hope you are okay. The temperature here in NOLA is presently only 72F so , I am wondering about if you are confused as well. It's quite balmy. Although, we are due for a "cold front" later tonite/ early in the morning of 50F. I'm a tad concerned. If it was broken "you would know it".
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Post by Kimby on Dec 4, 2018 5:36:36 GMT
We had a spell of cooler weather with lows in the 40’s on Sanibel. Actually put another blanket on the bed!
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Post by lagatta on Dec 4, 2018 12:37:24 GMT
Fumobici, I figured that your trip was for family reasons, but sorry that it was for sad ones.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2018 17:00:17 GMT
Kimby, is your nose feeling any better? Noses are sort of like the shins of the face, in how they're both bony and always in harm's way.
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Post by Kimby on Dec 4, 2018 18:22:14 GMT
My nose is fine unless I touch it, like to blow it. Or wipe away the perennial winter drip. And the scab on the bridge of my nose gets more charming each day....
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2018 18:42:10 GMT
Put a chapstick-like substance on your bo-bo. It will soften that scab & make it come off more easily without re-bleeding. I recommend original Carmex in the little pot. Actually, I recommend original Carmex in the little pot for almost everything. Except I would have strongly, strongly recommended that you slather your nose with arnica gel the minute the accident happened.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Dec 4, 2018 20:01:10 GMT
Lost another pair of gloves dagnammit...my lovely suede ones. I am quite picky about my gloves and it took ages to get the perfect fit and the perfect soft, supple suede. I shall wait for the January sales and go into bargain hunting mode to find replacements. I have other gloves but these were a particular favourite.
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