Teacup Cafe XXXIX - Page 39

**Mari** · 08-22-2010, 08:11 AM

Berry-tea. Ah~ life is good.

***Valandil*** · 08-22-2010, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Varnafindë

On average, yes - and in practice often with two gaps of eleven years and then one of six years.

August will have August 1st on a Sunday next time in 2021.

Yes - to be a little more precise, 4 times every 28 years. Until we get the years ending in '00' (like 2100, 2200, etc) which are NOT Leap Years (unlike 2000, which was - and 2400, which will be). But even then - it's every 7 years on average.

***Varnafindë*** · 08-22-2010, 09:10 AM

Yes, there's a nice 28 year cycle there

I made a nice table for myself of years that could reuse the same calendar

Only on paper, but it could be made in Excel as well, with different colors for Jan 1st on different days of the week. There's a pattern to it, of course, as part of that 28 year cycle.

I stopped it at around 2035, not because I think that's when the world will end (nor in 2012), but because that was the end of the piece of paper

Acalewia · 08-22-2010, 07:14 PM

Speaking of 2012, that movie didnt help things I think. I don't think the world with fall apart and flood, but I'm pretty sure hell will break loose with the people that do believe it'll end.

I mean will it really? They said the world as we knew it would end in 2000 because everything would shut down. That sure didn't happen.

Ok I'm gonna shut up before I offend someone or get a fight going.

***Earniel*** · 08-22-2010, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acalewia

I mean will it really? They said the world as we knew it would end in 2000 because everything would shut down. That sure didn't happen.

Mostly I suppose because people took precautions and checked and made sure the computer systems could handle the new digits. And people won't even need to cause their own disasters to have something happen in 2012 that can count as the end of the world. Take the current flood disaster in the Pakistan region or the heavy fires in Russia just for starters. Rebuilding and repairing is going to take years. Who needs an whole ending of the world, these 'little' disasters should count aplenty already.

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-22-2010, 09:12 PM

I think that y2k will help with 2012; people will remember how it turned out to be a bunch of hogwash, and be more reserved in their response to 2012. Or at least I hope so...

inked · 08-22-2010, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valandil

Yes - to be a little more precise, 4 times every 28 years. Until we get the years ending in '00' (like 2100, 2200, etc) which are NOT Leap Years (unlike 2000, which was - and 2400, which will be). But even then - it's every 7 years on average.

OK - here's snopes.com : http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/august.asp
as regards August 2010. Turns out they must read the 'Moot, huh?

As regards 2012, may I point out that the world ends every day for some people. It shall end one day for us all. Therefore, the person who is telling us that the world shall end has, perhaps inadverdantly, told the truth.

We all get to the same end whether en masse or individually. No argument.

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-22-2010, 09:53 PM

True enough, and a "live everyday as if it were you last" attitude is healthy, whether its a sober memento mori or a bon-vivant attempt to live life to the fullest. It's just that these sorts of scares tend to result in a fair amount of hysteria, which is decidedly unhealthy.

hectorberlioz · 08-23-2010, 02:08 PM

The world has ended so many times already

.

I never liked the "live like you're going to die tomorrow" attitude. Always seemed an excuse for doing whatever you liked. When the Black Plague hit Europe people did exactly that: lived like they were dying, and they were! It was gruesome and terrible...meaning: both the plague and the way they "lived" their last hours. I'm all for memento mori, but I hardly think that calls one to the local brothel

.

katya · 08-23-2010, 04:35 PM

The way I remember my eventual death is this: Imagine myself on my deathbed, looking back at my life. What would I be pleased with? What would I have done differently?

I do want to eat pizza as often as I like. I want to spend a lot of time playing video games and having fun with my friends. I do not want to spend my life being fat, sick, imprisoned, poor, etc. It's fun to be crazy sometimes, but I don't want my other days to be miserable because of it.

To me, awareness of death means that I don't have to worry about things that don't matter, and also that I want to cherish my life while I have it and take steps to improve it.

Noble Elf Lord · 08-24-2010, 01:23 AM

Hear, hear.

GrayMouser · 08-24-2010, 07:07 AM

Famous Last Words?

I was just wondering where to post this tragic little item about an apparent suicide, thinking it was too morbid for the cafe...

Quote:

The lead singer of a British pop trio climbed a telecommunications mast behind the main stage at a Belgian rock festival and leaped to his death in the parking lot below, police said Saturday.

The name of his band was "Ou Est Le Swimming Pool?"

Acalewia · 08-24-2010, 07:17 PM

Inked has a very good point there

And they way I see it, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger

Or will kill me later :P

Greymouser,Did he do that in front of the fans? That would keep me from going to that partitular festival again :/

GrayMouser · 08-24-2010, 08:42 PM

I would assume the tower and parking lot were away from the stage.

The point for me, and I really chastised myself for being unable to control my laughter, is that the name of the band translates as "Where's the Swimming Pool?"

So, last words....

Gwaimir Windgem · 08-24-2010, 09:35 PM

Apparently, he missed it.

Noble Elf Lord · 08-25-2010, 01:26 AM

Drunk, was he?

**Mari** · 08-25-2010, 05:23 AM

No, apparently it really was suicide. The news article in Dutch didn't mention a lot of people having seen it, so I doubt there were many people around in the first place. It was the second death at that festival by the way, earlier the father of a drummer of a band (different band) had a heart attack on the premises.

***Earniel*** · 08-25-2010, 06:22 AM

So far they think that an accident with stage diving earlier, in which a fan was heavily injured, may have led to the suicide. It sure was a dramatic Pukkelpop festival this year.

***Tessar*** · 08-25-2010, 09:14 AM

Gack, first day of school as a business major. Lets see if I can hack it.

I'm nervous and excited... for the last three years I've had classes with teachers that I've seen every day for years, in the same classrooms, and with lots of constants like choir, music theory, my voice teacher, concert attendance, etc.

Now it's all weird and stuff. O_o Wish me luck!

Grey_Wolf · 08-25-2010, 10:12 AM

May There Always Be That Special Someone To Keep Their Eyes On You This Friday & WE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuHgGsP1eOA

Best to ya all from ur friend Gw

08-22-2010, 08:11 AM	#761
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Berry-tea. Ah~ life is good. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

08-22-2010, 09:10 AM	#763
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Yes, there's a nice 28 year cycle there I made a nice table for myself of years that could reuse the same calendar Only on paper, but it could be made in Excel as well, with different colors for Jan 1st on different days of the week. There's a pattern to it, of course, as part of that 28 year cycle. I stopped it at around 2035, not because I think that's when the world will end (nor in 2012), but because that was the end of the piece of paper __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

08-22-2010, 07:14 PM	#764
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	Speaking of 2012, that movie didnt help things I think. I don't think the world with fall apart and flood, but I'm pretty sure hell will break loose with the people that do believe it'll end. I mean will it really? They said the world as we knew it would end in 2000 because everything would shut down. That sure didn't happen. Ok I'm gonna shut up before I offend someone or get a fight going. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

08-22-2010, 09:12 PM	#766
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	I think that y2k will help with 2012; people will remember how it turned out to be a bunch of hogwash, and be more reserved in their response to 2012. Or at least I hope so... __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

08-22-2010, 09:53 PM	#768
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	True enough, and a "live everyday as if it were you last" attitude is healthy, whether its a sober memento mori or a bon-vivant attempt to live life to the fullest. It's just that these sorts of scares tend to result in a fair amount of hysteria, which is decidedly unhealthy. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

08-23-2010, 02:08 PM	#769
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	The world has ended so many times already . I never liked the "live like you're going to die tomorrow" attitude. Always seemed an excuse for doing whatever you liked. When the Black Plague hit Europe people did exactly that: lived like they were dying, and they were! It was gruesome and terrible...meaning: both the plague and the way they "lived" their last hours. I'm all for memento mori, but I hardly think that calls one to the local brothel . __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

08-23-2010, 04:35 PM	#770
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	The way I remember my eventual death is this: Imagine myself on my deathbed, looking back at my life. What would I be pleased with? What would I have done differently? I do want to eat pizza as often as I like. I want to spend a lot of time playing video games and having fun with my friends. I do not want to spend my life being fat, sick, imprisoned, poor, etc. It's fun to be crazy sometimes, but I don't want my other days to be miserable because of it. To me, awareness of death means that I don't have to worry about things that don't matter, and also that I want to cherish my life while I have it and take steps to improve it. __________________ ~~eat until you can't anymore, play until you drop, sleep the day away, laugh, cry, yell, just live live live!~~

08-24-2010, 01:23 AM	#771
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	Hear, hear. __________________ Hers.

08-24-2010, 07:17 PM	#773
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	Inked has a very good point there And they way I see it, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger Or will kill me later :P Greymouser,Did he do that in front of the fans? That would keep me from going to that partitular festival again :/ __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

08-24-2010, 08:42 PM	#774
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	I would assume the tower and parking lot were away from the stage. The point for me, and I really chastised myself for being unable to control my laughter, is that the name of the band translates as "Where's the Swimming Pool?" So, last words.... __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

08-24-2010, 09:35 PM	#775
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Apparently, he missed it. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

08-25-2010, 01:26 AM	#776
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	Drunk, was he? __________________ Hers.

08-25-2010, 05:23 AM	#777
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	No, apparently it really was suicide. The news article in Dutch didn't mention a lot of people having seen it, so I doubt there were many people around in the first place. It was the second death at that festival by the way, earlier the father of a drummer of a band (different band) had a heart attack on the premises. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

08-25-2010, 06:22 AM	#778
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	So far they think that an accident with stage diving earlier, in which a fan was heavily injured, may have led to the suicide. It sure was a dramatic Pukkelpop festival this year. __________________ We are not things.

08-25-2010, 09:14 AM	#779
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Gack, first day of school as a business major. Lets see if I can hack it. I'm nervous and excited... for the last three years I've had classes with teachers that I've seen every day for years, in the same classrooms, and with lots of constants like choir, music theory, my voice teacher, concert attendance, etc. Now it's all weird and stuff. O_o Wish me luck!

08-25-2010, 10:12 AM	#780
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	*May There Always Be That Special Someone To Keep Their Eyes On You This Friday & WE!* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuHgGsP1eOA Best to ya all from ur friend Gw

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