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10-24-2006, 10:26 AM
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Okay, and what makes sense to you? Imperial or metric? As an engineering graduate, I've had to use both, and it really irks me how it always seems like the science classes use metric and the engineering classes use Imperial. I have to know both units.
What makes sense to me? To me it's an example of human frailty. Metric is more logical, but after all: Gillian Taylor: Who ever said the human race was logical? Ergo Imperial fits better in human terms.
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10-31-2006, 05:23 PM
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It would involve holographic cameras, most certainly. I'm sure they still need photographers in the future.
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10-31-2006, 06:45 PM
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What makes sense to me? A combination of both. It depends on the circumstances.
I couldn't tell you my height in cm, but I know it in feet. Distances are in kilometers, though, and meters for heights of inanimate objects. If I'm closer to something, it's 30 feet away, not ten meters. Confused yet? Welcome to Canada.
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10-31-2006, 09:21 PM
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Anybody else think that that would make a great national motto?
"Confused yet? Welcome to Canada." The patron saint of the motto would undoubtedly be Red Green!
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11-02-2006, 09:23 PM
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Nah, Red Green would endorse 'Duct tape forever!'
I still call it Duck Tape, though. :D
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11-03-2006, 02:27 AM
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Red Green's motto is not the same as the Canadian national motto. He wouldn't be the first person to endorse an ideal that is not necessarily his own, anyway.
On the duck vs. duct debate, I take my cue from Jim and Tim, The Duct Tape Guys. Use duct because it's the correct name, at least in print. I've found a pronounciation that's somewhere between the two, and I let the listener choose what they want to hear. On the other hand, using a copyrighted name like "duck" as a generisized trademark (Wikipedia's term) would hardly be new. I still use Band-Aid and Q-Tip.
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11-03-2006, 05:28 AM
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I believe that would be "genericized", but that's a nitpick.
Yes, the stuff is for sealing ventilation ducts. There is, however, at least one "Duck Tape" brand name, and I just think that the notion of tape for ducks is a funny one. YMMV.
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11-03-2006, 11:07 PM
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Oh yes, the industry is much better now that the all-important duck consumer market has opened up.
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11-04-2006, 12:19 PM
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Speak for yourself. I've been consuming ducks for years.
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11-04-2006, 12:56 PM
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In tape, though?
Personally, I find they taste much better in pancakes with black bean sauce, but that's just me...
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11-04-2006, 02:03 PM
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What do ducks taste like? Once you get beyond the "standard" meats of beef, pork, chicken, and turkey (along with a few kinds of seafood), my only really "exotic" meat consumption has been buffalo jerky (not that bad, if you were wondering, which you're not).
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11-04-2006, 04:20 PM
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Duck isn't any more exotic than, say, goose or turkey. Certain methods of preparation are considered exotic by some folks, but there's nothing terribly special about the bird. It isn't even all that smart.
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11-04-2006, 05:06 PM
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Indeed.
re: methods of preparation, the Mallard Fizz is to be recommended.
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11-04-2006, 05:28 PM
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Not smart? The state of Calisota is almost entirely populated with them!
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11-05-2006, 03:04 AM
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Yes, really. And please don't tell me I'm dethpicable.
Oh, and duck season!
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11-05-2006, 04:33 AM
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Yet again, mudshark ducks the question.
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11-06-2006, 03:09 AM
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Oh great, another wit rapier would. Can I borrow anyone's HMO?
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11-06-2006, 10:05 AM
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I can give you a sticking plaster, but I'll have to charge you $20 to cover my administrative costs.
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11-06-2006, 03:13 PM
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And you don't even want to hear what's involved in getting a referral to a specialist.
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