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[edit] capitalization

I've added a DISPLAYTITLE to get your user (and this talk) page title to display the way you want it. I assume you don't mind. -- Rick Block (talk) 21:25, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Hell no Rick, don't mind at all - it seems there's always someone to fix anything around here. We're so glad to hear from you personally; you fixed so much more than our initial "H" and I think that you know what we mean ;-) Thanks my friend - we needed that right now!
We'll be about restoring our pages as soon as we are done toasting to your unexpected surprise and welcomed visit! heidi 'n joe 00:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Nice to see you're still around as well. I've been kind of busy at work, so haven't had a lot of time to spend here. We should catch up sometime. -- Rick Block (talk) 01:28, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: clever Colossal Cave Adventure reference that almost slipped past me

I guess you're technically right that per the WP:3RR you can't revert again, but I certainly wouldn't call you on it if you did. Let's just see what people think, you'll probably get your way anyway --ffroth 03:10, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Cloaked? Just go to the page history and hit undo next to the last edit. Or do you mean trying to find a direct link to my header? Yeah, it has to be transcluded or you only see the noinclude text, and it needs arguments too or you just see the default- headercfg is just a transclusion of the header with no parameter --ffroth 03:39, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Hah, everything's becoming clear now :) Not to you apparently, since what you said doesn't make any sense. /RD_header is what's transcluded onto WP:RD and used to contain the entire iconic header, so all you'd have to do is revert that single page. All I changed was that page, and I changed it to a double-transclusion to the main header. As for the trickery in finding an independent copy of the header, that was due to technical limitations that my latest code changes have relieved- I'll make it so the header is directly visible at WP:RD/HEAD --ffroth 04:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Wait a minute. Are we in the maze of twisty little passages all different, or the maze of twisty little passages all alike? I think I'm completely lost without my issue of Spelunker Today. -- (plugh) 04:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
"All alike", although they're not exactly alike- that's one of the puzzles --ffroth 15:29, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: expressions

lol, you mean like light current's slimey faces? OK I'll give it a shot

O_O freaked out
o_o glazed over stare
>_> <_< glancing around paranoid-ly
>_< d'oh!
>_> kind of annoyed like "why am I even talking to you, I'm going to look over there now" but not so personal cause it's just a emot
^_^ very happy
^_~ gay wink
-_- *sigh*
>.> this one's pretty complex, I might use it after being sarcastic or after imitating someone annoying to indicate that my voice is back.. it's mostly like a signifier like after someone rushes into a group and starts talking 1000 miles per second and then they realize everyone's staring at them like "what is your problem.." and then they clear their throat awkwardly and glance to the side. That's this, but since it's on the internet it can be used sarcastically
ô_o raised eyebrow
ō_ō even more of the glazed over stare
ó_ò resigned
ò_ó sarcastic anger.. like "REEEEEEEE" in I hate yuo myg0t 2

--ffroth 15:49, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Oops forgot @_@ confused or just made an egregious spelling error correction --ffroth 21:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yep

Yeah that's me, I just forgot to sign in. What is and RD? Thanks, --DatDoo (talk) 03:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree, especially in light of User:Saudade7's comment about ..."Heilige Schauer" or "Holy Shiver". I wonder if we already have a page on it...Nope - so it is free for you to build/write! Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Schiller, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm von Humboldt, even Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel all wrote things..." unfortunately he thinks that much of the info on it might be in German. I have been surprised at how little info I can uncover about cold chills from music and what not though. --DatDoo (talk) 03:52, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I guess it somewhat depends on the physical effect. Goosebumps is more like a raising of hair on the skin and cold chills is more an actual shiver perhaps. I teach guitar and today was teaching some students Layla and Sunshine of your love. Unfortunately this is not typically accompanied by cold chills. I think it is a strange phenomenon that music can do that. As Kurt Vonnegut said "music is, to me, proof of the existence of God". I also find it odd that there isn't more information explaining this from a physiological standpoint. --DatDoo (talk) 06:39, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cockapoo question

Hello Heidi and Joe. I'm not familiar AT ALL with wikipedia and actually just had a question for you both. A coworker saw a picture of your 12 wk old puppy on the cuckapoo page and was wondering if you were breeders and/or if she was for sale. Please let me know by answering on your page. I will check it frequently for the next month. Today is January 4, 2008. Thank you SO much for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.251.60.106 (talk) 23:58, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

The Cockapoo puppy picture in the Cockapoo article was taken about four weeks after we adopted Rocky. The article at that time had no image of a young Cockapoo and so we added our own. And no, we are not breeders but we sure feel like parents so of course he's not for sale!
As you can see, I've relocated your question to its proper place on this page and added a section header. Let us know if you would like any further information about editing on Wikipedia and we'll be glad to help.  ;-) hydnjo talk 03:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you sooo much for your very fast response!! Rocky is such a cutie! Since you are not breeders, do you mind telling us which breeders you got him from? We absolutely fell in love with him when we saw the picture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.251.60.106 (talk) 23:34, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Please create an account using the link in the upper right corner. Then, when you return to this page you will find a link, "E-mail this user", in the left margin. This will allow us to communicate privately about subjects beyond what we're comfortable discussing here. Another advantage to having an account is that you will be able to be more anonymous than you now are - for example, I now know who your computer belongs to and where you are located :-( oops! When you log into your account (name and password of your choice) your IP address will be hidden whenever you post a message :-) hydnjo talk 00:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] modified pic

Jan. 14, 2008 From: maurajbo Hello Hydnjo. I modified your cockapoo image slightly to take away the glare it its eyes and to brighten the picture a bit. I hope that's OK. If not, feel free to revert to the old image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maurajbo (talk • contribs) 23:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Response at User talk:Maurajbo#Image improvement. hydnjo talk 02:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Frivolous thread

Excuse the break from serious discussion. :) Sometimes the serious discussion gets overwhelming. David D. (Talk) 08:06, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree with that for sure. A thread that long needs some digression or it will be ignored (slowing down to see a traffic accident after all). Keep up your good humor. I don't think that I need to ask you to interject as your sense of humor it is always there! Anyway, thanks for bringing it up here, I truly appreciate your considerate manner and do think that we're on the same page about lots of goings on around here without actuall discussion. On the other hand, It's sure nice to hear personally from you as it reinforces my belief that I'm not alone (I knew that but it's good to hear from another) or did I already say that.? hydnjo talk 08:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The ojndyh klat troll

Did you notice that the ojndyh klat troll is back? ;) David D. (Talk) 04:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeah! I'm sure that it's some sock trying disguise the identity of the author of some really stupid/silly but succinct posting with which he/she doesn't wish to associated. The sock seems to have found a way to confound his/hers identity to all but the most astute and clever detectives there Mr. D  ;-) --hydnjo talk 04:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Actually, if he/she had a shread of cleverness she/he would have chosen klat ojndyh as its sock's name. The name chosen shows ineptitude and a lack of coherent thinking. --hydnjo talk 06:09, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I thought that was part of the shrewd plan to throw everyone off the trail! David D. (Talk) 06:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Nah! --hydnjo talk 06:56, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Traffic

That's amusing, thank you for letting me know! Most of my posts so far have been to the ref desk so I haven't felt the need to provide much in terms of edit summaries unless I am doing something untoward. ;-) --Captain Ref Desk (talk) 16:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ref desk

Hey, sorry if I seemed sort of short with you there. I did not mean to be rude or brusque. FusionMix 23:08, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome :) FusionMix 00:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Update on the "flaming drink" question

I just thought I'd tell you (Franamax, StuRat, hydnjo, Atlant) how the flaming drink thing went. Well, mixed results. It's all made, but sometimes it works and some times it does not. What makes it extra odd, is that it works 100% of the time for me, but only about 50% for the girl that has to do it. So far, three shows with an audience and it only lit once. UGHH!!!

What I did: I made a fire place poker out of mostly thin PVC pipe. In the handle is a gas grill starter with wires going inside the pipe. Franamax - You mentioned the handle idea and I had already thought of that, but I didn't want to steer people towards what I was already thinking. I guess it's just a case of great minds thinking alike. ;-)

All of it is painted with "Hammered" spray paint made for outside plastic furniture. Here's a shot of it close up without the flame. http://wonderley.com/shows/2008/FarmersDaughter/Photos/Page01/shots/2008-04-17~069.jpg That's me on the couch. In the sort of V shaped tip is the igniter at the tip and the other wire coming at an angle. My invention sparks 99% of the time.

In the coffee mug is a metal jigger that I raised to the level of the top of the mug with a piece of PVC pipe. That was a mistake. I made the level of the jigger come to the level of the top of the cup so that the most amount of the flame would be visible. It should be raised, but not all the way to the top. I have to pretend to drink from this cup and the jigger (which gets scolding hot) is hard to NOT touch if the jigger is too high.

I scuffed up the inside of the mug and the other side of the jigger to get the glue to stick to it. The fact that the jigger is metal does not appear to have any effect on the spark.

In the jigger was originally only about 1/16 of an inch of "Golden Grain" booze - 95% alcohol. At my house, it ignited every time. But, not for Cheryl. I later thought about it was having it on my kitchen counter. That's higher up so I was holding the poker at more of an angle on the mug rather than straight down. So, we changed the jigger to about an half inch on alcohol. Soon before going on stage with it, she moves some of it on the side of the jigger for even more surface area.

When we do get a flame the poker flames a little as well and she blows it out. That actually looks great. The idea of adding salt is awesome - Thanks Atlant. However, I had no luck dissolving salt in the alcohol. I warmed up some alcohol with having hot water all around it in a thin glass and stirred a lot of salt in it. I then let it settle some and used a syringe with a wide tip to suck up some of the alcohol from the middle thinking I'd get the best alcohol with dissolved salt that I could. It did not appear to make any difference in the color of the flame or the ability to light it. However, we put salt in a sugar bowl. Once lit, putting a pinch of "sugar" in the flaming drink was an awesome effect.

I also tried freezing some of the booze so that the 5% that was not alcohol would be solid and use the 100% alcohol that was left - after it warmed back up and it made no difference. In fact, whatever the 5% that wasn't alcohol, appeared to be unfreezable as well.

Thanks again for all of your ideas. If you want to see more about the show, visit Wonderley.com --Wonderley (talk) 09:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] lol

Burma-Shave v. Myanmar-Shave. :) Wannabe Wiki (talk) 07:50, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for stopping by at our place. Your user page reminded me of this quote: "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away" by Philip K. Dick. I hope that I got it right anyway, you know what I mean. ;-) --hydnjo talk 20:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
Huh? :)Wannabe Wiki (talk) 08:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
I dunno! I figured that you'd figure it out and explain it to me ;-) hydnjo talk 10:25, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

lol, by the way who am I talking to Heidi or Joe.Wannabe Wiki (talk) 10:53, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm Joe :) --hydnjo talk 20:16, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Joe. Wannabe Wiki (talk) 08:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MH references

Hi (D and Joe) - Do you happen to be close enough to a library that might have microfilm of some newspaper that has the original Parade columns to be able to get copies? Turns out the Denver papers don't carry Parade, and these have been ridiculously difficult to find. I assume the 9/9/90, 12/2/90, 2/17/91, and 7/7/91 columns are reprinted verbatim in vos Savant's book (which I have), but I'd prefer to reference the original Parade columns. While traveling recently I obtained a copy of the 9/9/90 column, but didn't think to get the others while I was there (close enough to Knoxville, TN that the local university library had microfilm of the Knoxville News Sentinel - which has carried Parade since 1990!). Parade is apparently carried by the LA Times, Chicago Trib, NY Post, Washington Post, Philly Inquirer (see [1]) - seemingly none of which I can access out here in the Rocky Mountain boonies. I think these are all important references to add to the article (for example, in the 12/2/90 column she suggestrd simulating with cards and in the 2/17/91 columns she suggests a nationwide simulation using paper cups and pennies and reports the results in the 7/7/91 column), but since I haven't actually seen them can't legitimately add them. I can certainly reference the book but would prefer to reference the columns, perhaps with a "Reprinted in ..." sort of annotation. Any chance you can help with this? -- Rick Block (talk) 04:15, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, of course. Our town library has access to the entire NH state collection and we also have a research librarian who loves a challenge. So, I'll see what we can do from here and, thanks for asking. --hydnjo talk 20:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re MH references

Hey Rick - Our reference librarian(s) weren't able to find any Parade pages at all in the entire NH state library archive collection! Explanation is that newspaper "supplements" just don't get archived. They also noted that the Parade online archives only date back to October '03 and thus most likely those columns from '90 and '91 haven't been microfilmed by the Parade publishers. Also volunteered that the publisher may have hard copies but stressed that it may be "hard" to get cooperation from them without a subpoena :) I imagine that you've seen this assignment for Week 9: I: Vos Savant, “Ask Marilyn” Parade magazine columns from 9/9/90, 12/2/90, 2/17/91, and 7/7/91 which makes me wonder if the readings are still available at the University Bookstore? --hydnjo talk 20:32, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, according to this link, those Parade columns were still required last (Fall 2007 Syllabus, Week 10) --hydnjo talk 20:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I wonder if the Prof has copies? --hydnjo talk 22:11, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Ridiculous, eh? Based on this edit, maybe Billjefferys has copies. I'll ask him. -- Rick Block (talk) 00:19, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of IPhone (EDGE)

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Fine ;-( I don't know WTF you're talking about there "Three-Oh-Seven" aka User:Tnxman307, in fact I don't even know how to pronounce your real name - is it like "Prince"? And oh, so you're putting it on me to fix this situation. Hmm, we decline then mister "( TN‑X-Man)" --hydnjo talk 23:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)