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b”n I’ll take tehilim kapitlach 91-100.
Refua shelaima.
purplicious-
Unfortunately, one style of trolling (which has already been seen on this site), is to ask multiple questions that the asker already knows the answer to and/or doesn’t care what the answer is, just so well-meaning people will waste their time attempting to help.
You obviously mean well, as do the others who responded on this thread. It would be a shame to have that kindness abused by someone who enjoys fooling people and wasting their time.
As I stated, I’m not quite certain that this is a troll thread, but I find it suspicious. If anybody thinks my reasons for suspicion are wrong, you have every right to disagree.
Feeling Lucky?
Although each and every secular year must have at least one Friday the 13th, it is possible to have twelve or more consecutive months without one.
We are currently in the middle of a nearly fourteen-month stretch without a single Friday the thirteenth (the last was July 13, 2012, the next is September 13, 2013).
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Troll indicators are flashing:
1) Brand-new SN, asking for info? Yes.
4) Questions display a suspicious lack of knowledge? Yes.
6) Follow-up post seems designed to elicit long explanation? Yes.
Specifying what you’re looking for may help those who have info for you.
1) Which carrier? (ATT, Verizon, etc)
2) Locked or unlocked?
3) Version preferred? Minimum version required? (4, 4s, 5)
4) Memory size preferred/required? (16, 32, 64)
5) Condition preferred/required? (like new, decent, etc.)
6) Warranty length preferred/required? (n/a for a private buy)
7) Would you be willing to buy one with a plan?
Conflatulations to the Faultimore cRravens and their killer defense on their Stupor Bowl win.
(sour grapes? moi? never!)
Ed Koch, as a Jew, should not be buried in a churchyard.
Ed Koch should not have supported gay rights.
That said, he was a tinok shenishba. He was born to non-frum parents and never had any shaichis to frumkeit in his entire life.
-As a young man, he fought for his country in WWII. During his service, he won awards for bravery.
-As a middle-aged man he joined the freedom riders who traveled to the South in support of equality for blacks. This was a potentially dangerous course of action, since the KKK and their supporters had attacked, beaten and even murdered others who traveled to the South to combat racism.
-As mayor, he helped bring New York City back from near-bankruptcy and urban decay brought about by twelve years of incompetence from John Lindsay and Abe Beam.
-While in office, and after leaving office, he was always in full-throated defense and support of Israel.
-Although he was personally liberal, he crossed party lines on more than one occasion to support candidates he thought were best for his city, his country, and the state of Israel.
-He never showed the anti-frum bias that other non-frum politicians and celebrities exhibit. He always unabashedly and proudly identified himself as first and foremost a Jew.
To reduce his life to only actions that we, as frum Jews, know are wrong is to present an incomplete and inaccurate picture of Ed Koch.
*credit to “OneOfMany”, who noticed and corrected 16 hours ago:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/saying-good-shabbos-to-passerbys#post-436148
Gut Shabbos moderators, posters, readers and passersby.
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This thread may have helpful ideas:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/help-with-biting-nails
just my hapence-
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As the self-appointed occasional mashgiach and scold, I’ll be Percy.
OneOfMany–
The only Civil War-era ships I can think of are the Merimac, Monitor, Cumberland and Sultana. I’m sure there are some other famous ones, but that’s it for me.
SaysMe–
To quote the lottery ad, “You gotta be in it to win it!”
Why don’t you take a turn and host the next one?
frummy in the tummy–
I pretty much gave it away in the post immediately before yours. (Your post followed mine immediately, so I realize you got the answer without my hint.) That, together with the fact that you had named it but just needed to eliminate the “extras”, was good enough to give you the win.
Rav Belsky says copying your neighbor’s CD is permitted in this case:
QUESTIONER
If it (a CD you purchased – icot) breaks, and I hadn’t made a copy, can I borrow the same title from a friend, and then make a copy for myself?
RABBI BELSKY
If it breaks and you had forgotten to make a backup, does that mean you are now stuck, and have to go out and buy another original version of the tape or CD? I would say that you could act as if you had been wise and prudent in the beginning, and could make a backup now – by making a copy from someone who has one. The producer of the tape or CD doesn’t expect there to be two users who buy three originals. His intention is that there are two users who buy two original copies. You’re not taking away from his business, or causing him a loss.
I think it can be done because you had the right to do this before you lost it. You just assumed that you wouldn’t break or lose it.
source: http://www.torah.org/learning/honesty/question82.html
(finally, I can bring down a makil psak on this issue ?)
I suggest the following:
“Syrius”???!!! Seriously???
Oy.
Sirius
frummy in the tummy-
Congrats, you got it!
The Titanic it is (or was).
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Other object I was considering were “a spark plug” and “Mars” (the planet, not the candy ?).
Next turn, I may pick something easier, such as “the K shell of a hydrogen atom in Syrius’s core”. Or not.
Corny Rhyme Alert
(spoiler, too)
Perhaps I should panic
Oh, what shall I do?
Veis mir, in Germanic
Did I play this game wrong,
Trigger tempers, volcanic
Drag it on for too long
My secret object, oceanic
Has my tone been too gruff?
Has this round been too manic?
Maybe my profession
Should be auto mechanic
And now, the confession
Good morning, earlybird.
Members of the Jury:
Shall this round continue, or is requiring additional info a violation of “20 questions” protocol?
You decide.
I’ll abide.
I don’t know why I opened this thread, but…
Dumbledore was a “real” magician. Yours truly is more an “Oz” type, standing behind a curtain, pushing buttons to make lights flash and smoke billow.
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Ad Astra
It could’ve happened.
Virgil Ivan (Gus) Grissom was born on April 3, 1926.
As a young man, he joined the U.S. Army Air Force during World War 2 but he was not involved in any combat.
During the Korean war he was a combat pilot who flew one hundred missions in a F-86 Sabrejet. He was not credited with any kills, but his outstanding flying skills were recognized by his superiors and he was assigned to be a flight instructor.
After the Korean war ended, he became a test pilot, where he was able to continue putting his flying skills to use.
After the termination of the Mercury project, Grissom joined the second American manned space program, named Gemini. This phase of the American space program tested new technologies and techniques that would subsequently be used in the Apollo program.
The Apollo program picked up where Gemini had left off, and Grissom joined it as one of its senior astronauts.
The Apollo program was a tremendous success. It sent humans to observe the far side of the moon for the first time ever in 1968, and the next year Apollo 11 successfully landed men on the moon and returned them safely to Earth. In all, six missions landed on the moon, and all returned safely.
Gus Grissom may well have been the first man to set foot on the moon if not for the Apollo 1 tragedy.
Chief Astronaut Donald Kent (Deke) Slayton, who was in charge of Apollo crew assignment, revealed that Grissom would have been his first choice.
A simple plaque at Cape Canaveral memorializes the ill-fated astronauts of Apollo 1:
(a rough road leads to the stars)
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes.
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
5) can it hold 500+ people? Yes.
6) Is it designed to be mobile? Yes.
7) is it an airplane? No.
8) Is it a ship? Yes.
9) Is it a modern mode of conveyance (developed and/or put into use within the past 50-odd years)? No.
10) Steamboat? Steamship, Yes.
11) …so it’s a specific steamer (I’ll compromise). Yes.
11.5) …is it known for its role in military combat? No.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes.
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
5) can it hold 500+ people? Yes.
6) Is it designed to be mobile? Yes.
7) is it an airplane? No.
8) Is it a ship? Yes.
9) Is it a modern mode of conveyance (developed and/or put into use within the past 50-odd years)? No.
10) Steamboat? Steamship, Yes.
Ken Zayn-
Thank you for the kind words.
The solution method was following a thread from one item to the next.
At first glance, I didn’t get any of the references. Then I started thinking about dates, and the first fell into place.
Then I started thinking about twenty-two, and since “Hebrew dates” had just been referenced, the aleph-bais was something I thought of.
The next number considered was twelve, which first brought to mind the shevatim (couldn’t find a fit), then trei assur, which fit.
I’m far more impressed by whoever it is who knows Tnach so well that they know which psukim have these particular letters within them.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes.
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
5) can it hold 500+ people? Yes.
6) Is it designed to be mobile? Yes.
7) is it an airplane? No.
8) Is it a ship? Yes. (I’m not sure if continuing is within the spirit of how the game is played, but I’m looking for additional info.)
9) Is it a modern mode of conveyance (developed and/or put into use within the past 50-odd years)? No.
“oh, its a specific type of ship.“
Mmmmaybe.
Let’s just say, “Keep going”.
Ken Zayn-
This shabbos just passed, the fifteenth of the eleventh… (tes-vov Shvat)
…you may notice that the sixteenth of the sixteenth has all 22 of the 22 which is, of course, not the complete set. (perek tes-zayin, pasuk tes-zayin has all the letters of the aleph-bais)
To see it with the final versions you should look at the eighth of the third in the ninth of the twelve, who comes some 800 years later. (perek gimel, pasuk ches in Tzufania. “final versions” are “sofis” versions of letters.)
Whoever came up with this – I’m impressed!
oomis–
Not a bad guess, but an echo doesn’t turn what you tell it around.
If it did, the standard echo test would sound like a greeting to a new Israeli immigrant: “Hello…” “..Olleh”.
OneOfMany–
A mirror, it is.
Congrats!
DaasYochid–
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To chepeh Popa
was my mission
I see I’ve got some
competition
popa_bar_abba–
Makes sense.
I’m not a booze connoisseur myself – I’ll have Malaga on Shabbos, and maybe a bit of liqueur at a kiddush.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes.
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
5) can it hold 500+ people? Yes.
6) Is it designed to be mobile? Yes.
7) is it an airplane? No.
8) Is it a ship? Yes.
oomis–
Thank you.
A little motzei Shabbos l’chaim brings out my best ?
popa_bar_abba–
On a less silly note, B”H you weren’t hurt by flying glass or by drinking tainted wine.
Unethical? Definitely not.
Site participants know it’s done; nobody is being fooled or tricked.
It is done in an “all in good fun” spirit, and occasionally to warn people that a particular poster is a troll.
On a personal level, it doesn’t bother me.
The only issue I can see is if an individual doesn’t like and/or is embarrassed by a subtitle, in which case the should probably be accommodated if they request a change.
JMO
Musaf davened, haftorah mastered
Popa went home to get plastered
Got home, the mess left him agog,
What had happened to his grog?
Got on his knees saw a clue
From floor to ceiling did it spew
Although he thought it a fine wine,
Fermentation blew up his moonshine
For bright young Popa, lesson learned
From one jug Ripple, which had turned
One more slice kugel, don’t you mooch
Instead run home and check your hooch!
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes.
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
5) can it hold 500+ people? Yes.
6) Is it designed to be mobile? Yes.
7) is it an airplane? No.
What am I?
Anything that’s told to me I’ll repeat turned around
Yet I’m always truthful, nowhere a lie to be found
Oh, my.
I hadn’t even noticed – looks like my subtitle has been modified.
I don’t think I succeeded at making this round too challenging – the guessers here are sharper than I expected.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes.
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
5) can it hold 500+ people? Yes.
6) Is it designed to be mobile? Yes.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes.
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
5) can it hold 500+ people? Yes.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
4) Is it a building or some other object which people find themselves inside? (e.g. boat, plane, etc.) Yes.
Gut Shabbos.
MorahRach-
Sounds like you had the misfortune of running into a nut/crank.
Ignoring people like that is probably best. Engaging an unreasonable, hostile stranger in an argument immediately puts you in a no-win situation.
As I tell my family members, when a dog barks at you, don’t bark back. Occasionally, I even practice what I preach ?
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
3.5) Does anyone have it in their home? No.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
3) Do most people have it in their home? No.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
2) Is it bigger than a breadbox? Yes.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes
0) Is it used for recreational (vs. utilitarian) purposes? This question can’t really be answered. Either “Yes” or “No” would be misleading.
1) Does it have any mechanical/electronic components? Yes
DaasYochid–
Negative, positive, …basically anything personal. This might include number of sibs, age, source of friction, etc.
OneOfMany–
Signs point to yes.
I remember the “animal, vegetable or mineral” question from games played… sometime last century.
I’ll host a turn.
Batter up!
(apologies in advance for not being online as often as other posters)
OneOfMany–
l?l
MorahRach–
Sorry 😛
(I guess a discussion of how many ways there are to skin a cat would also be a non-no)
Meow!
As I was going to St. Ives
I met a cat with just eight lives
The troll whose posts are oh-so-pious
Filled with misogynistic bias