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08/23/2010 12:06 PM

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08/23/2010 12:14 PM

Has X a GSM? Try Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence, Interpol, or the Sheriff. Pythagoras knows him too and in Europe the nick name is Donkey Bridge.

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08/23/2010 12:30 PM

I called my professor and he told me according his slide rule calculator (is this the right translation?) :

square of 3 is approximately 8.926

square of 4 is approximately 16.020

The sum is about 24.950 and the square root (what is this?) is approximately 4.98. Is that the precision roofers end up with?

What is the question again?

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08/23/2010 12:24 PM

Funny stuff...

These images pilfered from this previous CR4 thread.

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08/23/2010 3:25 PM

To make a perpendicular in the field the old Egyptians had a a line with 12 equidistant knots.
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08/23/2010 3:51 PM

At least he didn't misspell anything or use any acronyms.

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08/23/2010 11:02 PM

I think there's a mistake in the upper left.
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08/24/2010 10:08 AM

I Like Your Smiley
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08/24/2010 11:44 AM

Glad to have been of help. i am honoured (note the English english)

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08/24/2010 10:16 AM

Good catch, Sue!

He should have subtracted reasoning and accountability instead of adding them.

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08/24/2010 11:48 AM

Funny .. i always thought that UMBRAGE was a feminine UMBRELLA ! Thanks for setting me right.

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Silly boy.

Same root (she said root)

umbrage early 15c., "shadow, shade," from M.Fr. ombrage "shade, shadow," from L. umbraticum, neut. of umbraticus "of or pertaining to shade," from umbra "shade, shadow," from PIE base *andho- "blind, dark" (cf. Skt. andha-, Avestan anda- "blind, dark"). Many figurative uses in 17c.; main remaining one is the meaning "suspicion that one has been slighted," first recorded 1620; hence phrase to take umbrage at, attested from 1680.

umbrella c.1600, first attested in Donne's letters, from It. ombrello, from L.L. umbrella, altered (by influence of umbra) from L. umbella "sunshade, parasol," dim. of umbra "shade, shadow" (see umbrage). A sunshade in the Mediterranean, a shelter from the rain in England; in late 17c. usage, usually as an Oriental or African symbol of dignity. Said to have been used by women in England from c.1700;...
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08/24/2010 12:05 PM

Whattt an answer ! VGA ! i doff my figurative hat !

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08/24/2010 12:10 PM

Why, thank yew!

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08/24/2010 10:11 AM

The formula for understanding women?

Oh, man! I missed that lecture! Can I copy someone's notes?

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08/24/2010 1:11 AM

No. You did not show any working to explain how you arrived at your conclusion.

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08/24/2010 4:16 AM

Ha! i found some more good answers from the same guy, thanks to sue

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