Nevermind, I figured it out.

z ipper wrote:i've never seen one african american at my rita's until yesterday when i saw about 200 african americans outside that jawn. so i think that proves that african americans like water ice enough to eat it but not enough to pay for it.

i dont know, participation is had by all at the ritas ive been at.

Why doesn't the R6 run more than once an hour? Don't they know I'd love to grab an extra half hour of sleep tomorrow?

We need a new member. Braves_Examiner has been our last new member for a while.

HEY STATS GUYS:

Is it OK to round up to 100%?

I used to have this argument all the time with a fortran programmer I used to work with- who was also a genius mathemetician. We had a dashboard display that he coded, and if we had, say, 31,234 of 31,236 jobs successfully processed, he let it display "100%". I used to contend that while rounding up was certainly acceptable, in this case "100%" was an absolute and he needed to code it to stick to "99.99%". What say ye stats guys 10 years after the fact???

Bucky wrote:HEY STATS GUYS:

Is it OK to round up to 100%?

I used to have this argument all the time with a fortran programmer I used to work with- who was also a genius mathemetician. We had a dashboard display that he coded, and if we had, say, 31,234 of 31,236 jobs successfully processed, he let it display "100%". I used to contend that while rounding up was certainly acceptable, in this case "100%" was an absolute and he needed to code it to stick to "99.99%". What say ye stats guys 10 years after the fact???

I don't know what the intelligent answer is, but my personal opinion is that one should never round to 100%. I can only imagine how much false advertising that would justify.

kruker wrote:My younger brother (age 22) proposed to his girlfriend today. They've been together since high school (aww....how cute), but have yet to live with each other, although they are already intent on setting a date.

I'm currently taking wagers on 1. how long this will last, 2. who's going to be the dick that tells them or my parents that I'm taking wagers on how long it will last.

Also, I can't seem to get this smirk off my face, no matter how hard I try. It's a dead give away for how ridiculous I think this all is.

If it's the same guy that proposed to his girlfriend in my crappy restaurant tonight, i'll take the under.

CrashburnAlley wrote:I don't know what the intelligent answer is, but my personal opinion is that one should never round to 100%. I can only imagine how much false advertising that would justify.

Advertisers already round to zero all the time. "Zero Trans Fats" foods frequently contain some trans fats but as long as they're less than 1/2 gram per serving, they're apparently allowed to call it zero.

kruker wrote:My younger brother (age 22) proposed to his girlfriend today. They've been together since high school (aww....how cute), but have yet to live with each other, although they are already intent on setting a date.

I'm currently taking wagers on 1. how long this will last, 2. who's going to be the dick that tells them or my parents that I'm taking wagers on how long it will last.

Also, I can't seem to get this smirk off my face, no matter how hard I try. It's a dead give away for how ridiculous I think this all is.

The 5 or 6 friends I knew who proposed around that age have all survived thus far. They all met in high school or freshman year of college. They all did go to college (not sure how that would affect things anyway, but there it is) and made it through that difficult time to be a couple. When ya know, ya know. Might as well get on the bus on this one.

(and I say this as someone who was in the same situation as your bro, but waited till 26 to propose).

Finally, I'd love to be corrected on this, because I've only heard about the data and haven't investigated too much, but I've heard people who live together prior to marriage don't have any better divorce rates than those who don't.

jeff2sf wrote:Finally, I'd love to be corrected on this, because I've only heard about the data and haven't investigated too much, but I've heard people who live together prior to marriage don't have any better divorce rates than those who don't.

This is true, in fact, those who don't live together before marriage are less likely to divorce than those who do.

I think this is a case where one must be careful to avoid conflating correlation and causation. If I had to guess I'd say that the causal factor is that people who are opposed to divorce under any circumstances are also typically opposed to living together before marriage.

lessons:

if you have been on a strict diet and not eaten much substantial food for over 7 weeks, do not drink like a fool.

if you're already drunk and someone offers you free beer after the game, do not accept.

if someone asks if you want to play darts, you may accept. darts are a fun way to pass drunk time.

however, if that person says you should play for money, do not accept.

if you lose, and he raises the amount you are playing for, this is not going to help you get back the money you already lost.

if you feel sick to your stomach after all of this, do not go out for wings,

if you do go out for wings, do not order any.

bring your souvenir cup to the restaurant with you just in case you need to fill it with vomit while at the table.

remember to lock the handicap-accessible bathroom door so that you may sleep on the floor of it undisturbed.

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if you read this far, i'll leave it up to you to decide which of these things i did, and which i did not.

lol jackace

to the brim. to. the. brim.

jeff2sf wrote:The 5 or 6 friends I knew who proposed around that age have all survived thus far. They all met in high school or freshman year of college. They all did go to college (not sure how that would affect things anyway, but there it is) and made it through that difficult time to be a couple. When ya know, ya know. Might as well get on the bus on this one.

(and I say this as someone who was in the same situation as your bro, but waited till 26 to propose).

Finally, I'd love to be corrected on this, because I've only heard about the data and haven't investigated too much, but I've heard people who live together prior to marriage don't have any better divorce rates than those who don't.

You're right about the co-habitation rates, but I just can't see how it's a good idea. I've heard one justification for this is that a lot of couples that don't co-habitate do so for religious reasons and that carries over for why they wouldn't divorce.

*Just saw that j hit upon this already.

The one thing I forgot to mention is that he's active military once he graduates from GW and his first assignment is in Fairbanks, AK. Part of me thinks he jumped into this because he didn't want to be out there alone.

What the hell do I know though....

1 wrote:to the brim. to. the. brim.

was this at least after midnight? and not right at dinner time?

kruker wrote:

jeff2sf wrote:The 5 or 6 friends I knew who proposed around that age have all survived thus far. They all met in high school or freshman year of college. They all did go to college (not sure how that would affect things anyway, but there it is) and made it through that difficult time to be a couple. When ya know, ya know. Might as well get on the bus on this one.

(and I say this as someone who was in the same situation as your bro, but waited till 26 to propose).

Finally, I'd love to be corrected on this, because I've only heard about the data and haven't investigated too much, but I've heard people who live together prior to marriage don't have any better divorce rates than those who don't.

You're right about the co-habitation rates, but I just can't see how it's a good idea. I've heard one justification for this is that a lot of couples that don't co-habitate do so for religious reasons and that carries over for why they wouldn't divorce.

*Just saw that j hit upon this already.

The one thing I forgot to mention is that he's active military once he graduates from GW and his first assignment is in Fairbanks, AK. Part of me thinks he jumped into this because he didn't want to be out there alone.

What the hell do I know though....

I don't think it's at all necessary to "try out" marriage by living together first. Mrs. Vulture and I didn't really live together before we were married (well, technically we did, we got an apartment together a month or so before we were married, but I don't think that really counts...) and living together is just in general I think full of pitfalls. It makes breaking up harder for one. And if you do break up, your loss of stuff is going to be much higher than if you have your own place.

Basically, I think you should not move in together unless you're committed enough to get married. Now, there are good reasons not to get married at all. So, living together could itself work for some couples. But this living in together as a step towards marriage is, in my experience, not a great plan.

George Washington had a nephew named Bushrod. Bushrod Washington was a US Supreme Court justice, and inherited Mount Vernon when George died.

Not a history lesson, just having fun posting the name "Bushrod". And yes, it is pronounced "bush-rod".

Phan In Phlorida wrote:George Washington had a nephew named Bushrod. Bushrod Washington was a US Supreme Court justice, and inherited Mount Vernon when George died.

Not a history lesson, just having fun posting the name "Bushrod". And yes, it is pronounced "bush-rod".

so, steagles' first two children will be named philander and bushrod. i want to get a txurruka in there, but i don't see how it fits.

VFB wrote:

1 wrote:to the brim. to. the. brim.

was this at least after midnight? and not right at dinner time?

Yeah, well. I'm here and you're not, so suck on that.

1 wrote:

VFB wrote:

1 wrote:to the brim. to. the. brim.

was this at least after midnight? and not right at dinner time?

Yeah, well. I'm here and you're not, so suck on that.

By "there" do you mean asleep in a bathroom stall of a wing joint in Florida? Which begs the question, suck on what exactly?