Subj : Re: PING Question To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Mar 10 2020 18:10:08 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 05-Mar-2020 11:51 <=- NB>>> at a parent-teacher conference, we all four were there, teacher, kid NB>>> and both parents... Richard said to the kid, I know you know the NB>>> answers, and the teacher knows that you do too, but you still need NB>>> to write them down so that she can prove it to other people (or NB>>> something to that effect)... You could actually see the lightbulb go NB>>> on over his head... BM>> Yup! Sometimes the obvious has to be explained! NB>> He just hadn't seen any need to write it down since he knew the teacher NB>> knew he knew the answers... ;) This finally gave him a different way NB>> of looking at it... :) BM> Right: I know it, you know it, I know you know I know it, BM> why waste time? ...Oh: for those people who don't know; OK. And he always was an idiosyncratic learner/student.... I think it was his tenth grade English teacher that worked out a deal with him... he wanted to do the assignments HIS way, not necessarily what she was actually asking for... so she said, as long as you do it my way, you can also turn it in your own way, and I'll grade them both... Made a little extra work for her, but she also got him to do the work to learn what she was trying to teach... And he did double work for the privilege of doing his own thing... ;) BM>> One I take ends in -lol and I always gets stuck on that part as Laugh BM>> Out Loud. I rarely use that abbreviation but for whatever reason with BM>> that medication name that's the part I see first and sticks. NB>> Yeah, I don't use that abbreviation either.... metoprolol and NB>> carvedilol are two that come to mind to me... Richard was on the NB>> first, and now is on the second.. there may be others in that class... NB>> beta blockers, I think.... :) BM> Yes, metoprolol; in my case for a rapid heart beat. At least the BM> first part of carvedilol has the 'car' of 'cardiac' in it -- might be a BM> little easier for me to remember. OTOH I tend to put in extra BM> syllables so it comes out "metro-pol-ro-lol" and I know that's wrong, BM> so that sort of 'blocks' the word as coming out wrong. I used to always get that 'r' in the wrong place, finally got that straightened out... the 'met' might have something to do with metabolism, but that's a bit oblique for the drug's use... Richard is also taking it to slow his heartbeat... BM>>> Half-thinking of the 13- and 15-letter word categories on _Jeopardy!_, BM>>> most of which are relatively common usage and so not as bad as one BM>>> initially things when hears "thirteen letters!!". BM>>> Generalstaatsanwalt is 19. BM>>> Konsumgterproduktion is 21. BM>>> Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is 34. NB>>> And then there's antidisestablishmentarianism with 28 letters, which NB>>> we used to parade out back when I was in highschool... a proper NB>>> dictionary word even back then... ;) BM>> Yup! Need to combine several Scrabble games' tiles for that one! NB>> It wouldn't fit on the board either, for that matter... ;) BM> Well, as we're using more tiles from the other Scrabble boxes we'll BM> just use those game boards too! But there's that gap of the border all around the playing section.... NB>>> But the longest word in the English language is smiles... there's NB>>> a mile between the two esses... BM>> NB>> It's an old kid's jokebook joke... :) BM> 'Old kid' or ...?? Old jokebook for kids... And old joke.... :) BM> ... On roll of Life Savers: Not for use as a flotation device. You'd think that would be obvious.... ;) ttyl neb .... Jam on a winter took away the blue devils. It was like tasting summer. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .