The thread of win

[JayBlanc]

No. No they're not. They are in no way any more healthy for you or those around you, and are probably worse because of that solder vapour.

[the_lone_bard]

So you're saying that the hundreds of chemicals in my standard cigarettes, are worse than vaporizing nicotine? All the things used to grow, process and whatnot aren't as bad as a little bit of soldering vapor (Seeing as how they both have nicotine)

[Dutch guy]

As said, its the nicotine vapour that is the problem. And those are produced just as much by the e-cigarettes.

Also, fun factoid: Back in the day the Boeing 747 had a separate "smokers lounge". When those early planes are taken apart the areas behind the wall paneling in that area are filled with a yellowish, foam-like material. That space is SUPPOSED to be hollow and filled with air. A space almost a foot wide in places would be completely filled by the stuff within the relatively short time smoking was allowed on the planes. (I used to have pictures, but unfortunately I can't find them anymore)

[The Mimm]

On the subject of wins:

Got my canada money today. I'm not going on holiday, I'm LARPing monopoly

[Geoff_B]

If you like bright colourful money of varying ridiculous denominations then New Israeli Shekels are the way to go.

[The Jester]

Mimm, are you the Top Hat?

[auberginequeen]

Ahh, Canadian money. How I love thee.

I get all confuzzled when I go to the America and I have to actually look at the denominations on the bills. In Canadaland I can pick out a five instantly by its distinctive blue hue.

In the US I awkwardly fumble through my wallet trying to sort green from green.

[The Mimm]

Mimm, are you the Top Hat?

I think we all know that I'm the little doggy.

And the most win about Canadialand money? £250 equals $370

[empath]

I forget what lead me to them, but I've spent an uncountable amount of time laughing my ass of at Progressive Boink's 'Worst Rob Liefield Drawings' posts.

[Duckay]

We got a phone call from a real estate agent today! JackSlack and I have been approved for an apartment we applied for on Monday! We can move in in two weeks!

No more house hunting! No more staying in a house where I feel like a guest, not a resident! Yay!

[the_lone_bard]

Grats guys.

[Lord Chrusher]

Ahh, Canadian money. How I love thee.

I get all confuzzled when I go to the America and I have to actually look at the denominations on the bills. In Canadaland I can pick out a five instantly by its distinctive blue hue.

In the US I awkwardly fumble through my wallet trying to sort green from green.

What is confusing as a Canadian in Australia is that the colour of Australian five and ten dollar bills are the opposite of those in Canada.

[auberginequeen]

Oh Australia, always so backwards.

EDIT: People were giving out free razors in the science atrium yesterday. Some guy came around with a bucketfull and asked us how many we wanted. I ended up with two. "One for each leg," we joked. They're pretty nice quality too, for disposables.

[Darkobra]

Spent the past hour training. Every muscle hurts. Now for the shower of the Gods.

[Duckay]

When I was in the US, I found it a little less intuitive to find notes because I had to actively look at the note instead of just glance at the colour, but what really threw me was the coins. For some reason my brain just protested on learning the difference between a nickel and a dime, I had to double-check every time.

[Vigafre]

The mint has been trying to differentiate the bills for a while, but yeah, they aren't trying very hard. I still have to read the bill to make sure.

Coins, however, that's just conditioning for me.

[auberginequeen]

My Cog Psych prof managed to get a paper published with the title "You can’t always forget what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you’ll forget what you need."

It still makes me lol.

[Jamfalcon]

How could that not get published?

[Geoff_B]

Lack of humour and pop culture recognition? We are talking about academics after all

[The Jester]

I can't wait. I only just found out about it, and I already can't wait.

I don't even know what it's about. I just know that I'll love it.

Neil Gaiman is the only author who creates this kind of reaction in me.

[TheRocket]

On the subject of wins:

Got my canada money today. I'm not going on holiday, I'm LARPing monopoly

A couple days ago I tried exchanging my new 50$ (not really new, they've been out for a couple years) at my USA bank and the lady behind the counter first tried to tell me that I had a counterfit bill. Then proceeded to tell me I had money that hadn't actually been released in Canada yet. Because her book was from June of 2012 and it couldn't be wrong.

Needless to say I just stared at her and said nothing. I guess she got the point to triple double quadruple check herself before accusing me of being some international mastermind of fraud.

[Metcarfre]

Reminds me of the time as a kid I scammed some USaires by trading Canadian Tire money off as legit currency.

[Phailhammer]

...the lady behind the counter first tried to tell me that I had a counterfit bill.

Didn't happen to me, but I saw something like this happen back in high school. The woman at the canteen/cafeteria wouldn't accept commemorative Federation $5 notes someone tried to use. They are still legal, as far as I know, they've just been progressively removed from circulation.

[empath]

Welp, thanks to a pseudo-Crew member (ex-? B-team?), I now have the perfect retort to anyone who extols the virtues of ANY politician:

MegaCynucs: What They Say #8
(With acknowledgement and much, much gratitude to Ms. Vickers, and if she doesn't want it linked, I'll gladly remove same)

[Lord Hosk]

I had the owner of the party store on the corner outside our subdivision threaten to call the cops on me for trying to pass fake money when I paid with a $2 bill. The guy behind me in line was like "um sir thats legal tender, they are just uncommon"