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Post 46 made on Monday April 23, 2018 at 19:14
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On April 23, 2018 at 09:45, highfigh said...
Q-How can you tell if someone is an extroverted engineer?
A- They stare at YOUR shoes.

That is a narcissist. He cannot stop looking at his reflection.
Post 47 made on Monday April 23, 2018 at 22:53
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On April 23, 2018 at 09:45, highfigh said...
'HO' can mean a lot of things.

Congratulations! You are thinking like an engineer! A simple expression confuses you, but you cover that up by saying it can mean a lot of things. A non-engineer would have probably said something like "Oh, aitch-oh, like the model train gauge! Good one!"
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
Post 48 made on Monday April 23, 2018 at 23:12
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On April 23, 2018 at 19:14, westom said...
That is a narcissist. He cannot stop looking at his reflection.

I never wrote anything about patent leather.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Post 49 made on Monday April 23, 2018 at 23:14
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On April 23, 2018 at 22:53, Ernie Gilman said...
Congratulations! You are thinking like an engineer! A simple expression confuses you, but you cover that up by saying it can mean a lot of things. A non-engineer would have probably said something like "Oh, aitch-oh, like the model train gauge! Good one!"

If you meant 'High Output', it wouldn't apply to this thread, would it? You never wrote what you meant, so FO. I hope that doesn't confuse you. :D
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Post 50 made on Tuesday April 24, 2018 at 00:04
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On April 23, 2018 at 23:14, highfigh said...
If you meant 'High Output', it wouldn't apply to this thread, would it? You never wrote what you meant, so FO. I hope that doesn't confuse you. :D

Dear :D,
No, I never wrote what I meant. It was a joke. Explanation never improves a joke. I DID, however, mention gauge in a recent post. I thought that was enough for everyone to get it. Sorry.
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
Post 51 made on Tuesday April 24, 2018 at 16:54
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On April 24, 2018 at 00:04, Ernie Gilman said...
Dear :D,
No, I never wrote what I meant. It was a joke. Explanation never improves a joke. I DID, however, mention gauge in a recent post. I thought that was enough for everyone to get it. Sorry.

Jokes are supposed to be enjoyed by others. If they aren't, it's like a prank.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Post 52 made on Tuesday April 24, 2018 at 17:38
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Jokes are supposed to be enjoyed by others, but sometimes people don't get them. That happens. I am by far not the only person who has told a joke here and others haven't gotten them.
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
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Post 53 made on Wednesday April 25, 2018 at 10:04
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On April 24, 2018 at 17:38, Ernie Gilman said...
Jokes are supposed to be enjoyed by others, but sometimes people don't get them. That happens.

I still don't understand how one can patent leather.
Post 54 made on Wednesday April 25, 2018 at 12:42
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Yes, that was a joke, and it's probably the thought that enters everyone's head the first time they hear the term "patent leather." I don't want to ruin your good time here, but... it's not the leather that's patented, it's the process of making the outside of a bovine into a shiny surface. From Wikipedia:

An early reference to patent leather is in the 1793 British periodical The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, which notes, in an article entitled "Hand's patent leather", that "a gentleman of the name of Hand" in Birmingham, England, obtained a patent for preparing flexible leather having a glaze and polish that renders it impervious to water and need only be wiped with a sponge to restore it to its original luster. In November 1799, inventor Edmund Prior, of Holborn, London, England, received a patent for a method of painting and colouring all kinds of leather; and, in January 1805, inventor Charles Mollersten, of Hackney Wick, received a patent for applying a chemical composition in the preparation of hides, skins, and leather to give "a beautiful gloss". However, patent leather primarily owes its popularity to Seth Boyden.
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Post 55 made on Thursday April 26, 2018 at 09:31
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Ernie, westom was making a pun. From Wikipedia:

"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Pun (disambiguation).

The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.[1][2] These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or figurative language. A pun differs from a malapropism in that a malapropism is an incorrect variation on a correct expression, while a pun involves expressions with multiple correct interpretations. Puns may be regarded as in-jokes or idiomatic constructions, as their usage and meaning are specific to a particular language and its culture.

Puns have a long history in human writing. Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs were originally based on punning systems, and the Roman playwright Plautus was famous for his puns and word games.[3][4] Punning has been credited as the fundamental concept behind alphabets, writing, and even human civilization.[3]"
Post 56 made on Thursday April 26, 2018 at 18:30
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On April 26, 2018 at 09:31, Ranger Home said...
Ernie, westom was making a pun.

Wow. Really?

I thought I revealed that I knew something like that was going on when I said
On April 25, 2018 at 12:42, Ernie Gilman said...
Yes, that was a joke,

But I figured what the hell, since
it's probably the thought that enters everyone's head the first time they hear the term "patent leather."

I would look that up and share it. Sorry if that did what I didn't want to do:
I don't want to ruin your good time here, but...

And then I quoted Wikipedia. It's a bit humorous that you seem to disapprove of my getting serious enough to go to Wikipedia, then you go to Wikipedia.

'Pun my word, I knew what was meant.
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Post 57 made on Friday April 27, 2018 at 10:39
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I have heard that the first use of this was actually for making cows' hooves shiny but the other cattle shunned the early-adopters for being too flamboyant, so the inventor decided to sell it to humans.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
Post 58 made on Monday April 30, 2018 at 09:16
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George Carlin in 1972 listed seven malapropisms you can't say on TV.
Post 59 made on Monday April 30, 2018 at 10:24
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On April 30, 2018 at 09:16, westom said...
George Carlin in 1972 listed seven malapropisms you can't say on TV.

Those weren't malapropisms, they were words that just weren't allowed on TV and most still aren't. I was at his show at Summerfest here in Milwaukee when he was arrested for using them.

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Post 60 made on Monday April 30, 2018 at 13:10
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I entered a pun contest once, and even entered 10 different times, hoping to win the $100 prize at the end.

When the judgment came through, I was hoping I may have had a winner, but alas, no pun in ten did.
There is no truth anymore. Only assertions. The internet world has no interest in truth, only vindication for preconceived assumptions.
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