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moish01-

“you know what you had edited from that post of mine? was i at least right?”

-You’re right to an extent, but there are other extremely serious issurim involved.

These are questions you should probably not ask an unknown blogger on this or any other site.

I think it would be hugely helpful for you if you had someone trustworthy who you knew would never betray your confidence to speak to with questions and issues like these.

Your reluctance to be preached to is understandable – I am talking about individuals with whom you can talk honestly and be yourself.

We can all use a non-judgmental, sympathetic ear at times.

anonymisss-

Your guesses were right on target, but the one-at-a-time constraint only allowed the first letter you submitted (F) to be validated.

amichai-

what did you do, open a dictionary and pick out a word?

-A dictionary was used to confirm the spelling, but not in choosing the word. This word was picked because: 1) It has lots of letters, including common and less common, making it fun to guess. 2) It’s long, decreasing the odds of a hanging-man result. 3) It’s a somewhat uncommon word, which requires additional thought. 4) It’s an “upbeat” word – see its adverb usage.

Curious-

Welcome back.

I’ll now slink off the stage 🙂

Joseph-

Although “oomis1105” got the word, you deserve this:

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oomis1105-

Congrats, we have a winner!

You all did splendiferously. Magnifique!

moish01-

“coke not pepsi” guessed “I” previously, but our posts crossed in the mail.

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oomis1105-

Your recollection of the “raid” line is quite likely more accurate than mine.

I thought I remembered the “cockroaches surviving nuclear fallout” theory being debunked recently, so I turned to my knowledgeable friend, Prof. Google PhD, and he told me that although roaches are not as resistant to radiation as originally thought, they are much more resistant than humans. There are other bugs and microbes that are much more resistant than roaches, including some microbes that can live in irradiated meat. Now, enjoy your melava malka 🙂

charlie brown-

Thank you.

My favorites were 7, 8 and 9.

I asked my wife what her’s were and she said “grow up” 🙂

feivel-

I’m glad you weren’t offended.

As someone who enjoys knowing how things work, I absolutely agree with your intent in starting these threads.

There will always be those who deny the existence of a creator, but their arguments and proofs don’t amount to “plausible deniability”, just foolish denial.

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gavra_at_work-

moish01-

Hi.

No apology to me is needed. On any mainstream news site one can read things worse than what I asked the moderators to remove. Since this is a frum site where the standards of nikiyas haloshon are high, I thought those words were inappropriate.

A subject often mentioned here is hypocrisy.

In my mind there are several different levels:

3) One who rebukes others for their transgressions and really means well, but occasionally slips up himself. Once again, an example I can think of is there are some shushkers in shul, who are usually quiet but may occasionally slip up.

4) One who rebukes others for their transgressions and does not violate that particular aveira, but knows that he himself is far from perfect in other issues. For instance, he may be very careful with shul decorum, but his appearances at minyan are not very frequent.

My two cents worth is:

In the first case, the person is an absolute hypocrite.

feivel-

My corny jokes are not intended as letzonus at your original post.

I apologize if they were taken that way or if you took offense.

Curious-

“Overall, I still would be hesitant abut allowing a free exchange of email addresses. (Am I a hypocrite?)”

– No, sensible. I’m not advocating free exchange of email addresses, as that can cause problems as well (dai lechakima berimiza). I am pointing out that in some cases it may make sense, where it can clearly be beneficial, to allow contact.

Joseph-

…(without agreeing or disagreeing with your point)…

– Feel free to disagree – it’s your right and I won’t take it personally.

Another “contact” circumstance I was thinking of bringing up was posters meeting for lunch, but I decided not to mention it.

…until now. ;p

intelligent-

I can understand that some people may be uncomfortable about meeting or even speaking to strangers they only know from this site.

1) There are a couple of girls who found a common interest on the “running” thread, and wanted to meet up to go running together.

2) The offer (not accepted) my wife and I extended to speak with a parent who was considering a school that I know quite well for her daughter.

3) A couple of guys who are interested in the same sugya getting together to learn (I haven’t seen it happen yet, but definitely a possibility).

4) People who may have helpful advice on touchy and personal issues (medical, family, etc.) based on their own experiences (such as one person who posted about the difficulty their son was having finding a yeshiva that met his needs).

– Once again, how can I possibly not offer to help with something as important as this? The rabonim / conference call arrangement described above can apply here, too.

5) A shadchan who may want to pass along his/her info to a single on this site based on stated interests and hashkofos.

Many people, probably including you, will disagree with some or all of my thinking.

Basically, in all of the above cases, I am weighing the good that can be done vs. the risk of contacting someone unknown.

This is also factoring in that this is a frum site and most posters have left somewhat of a trail as to what they’re like, how they think, and what their hashkofos are.

squeak-

Thank you.

“At first though, safer is better.” – Agreed, 100%

anonymisss-

I was not referring to you. I was originally not going to confirm or deny any “who are you referring to” questions, but not at the expense of leaving someone else feeling bad. The poster(s) I was referring to said nothing wrong, but would not want their identit(ies) revealed because of the personal nature of info they revealed.

charlie brown-

Thank you. It’s nice to see people being so concerned about yenem’s kavod and feelings.

People-

There are some issues here that don’t have a “one size fits all” answer.

For instance:

“If you’re afraid of being unmasked, never post anything that could be embarrassing”

What about..

1) – a baal teshuva who was frum-from-birth, went off the derech, and is now back who would like to give helpful advice from a been-there-done-that perspective?

2) – someone who experienced an abusive spouse and wants to explain that simply “not telling” when it comes to shidduch info is not always the correct approach?

3) – someone who is having agmis nefesh from a child, be it academically, behaviorally, or hashkafically? The questioner and the answerer undoubtedly would like their privacy kept.

4) – a young person who is having serious issues or doubts and needs someone to speak to, but doesn’t know where to turn?

5) – someone who is having physical or mental health issues and/or questions and would like to find someone to speak to?

6) – someone who is having difficulty with a social acquaintance, coworker, or family member and could use some advice?

“Never give out contact info”

What about…

1) There are a couple of girls who found a common interest on the “running” thread, and wanted to meet up to go running together.

2) The offer (not accepted) my wife and I extended to speak with a parent who was considering a school that I know quite well for her daughter.

3) A couple of guys who are interested in the same sugya getting together to learn (I haven’t seen it happen yet, but definitely a possibility).

4) People who may have helpful advice on touchy and personal issues (medical, family, etc.) based on their own experiences (such as one person who posted about the difficulty their so was having finding a yeshiva that met his needs).

5) A shadchan who may want to pass along his/her info to a single on this site based on stated interests and hashkofos.

There are many, many more instances where it may be sensible to make exceptions.

I wish the editor and moderators much hatzlocha in making the correct judgments and decisions.

anon for this-

“Dulce et Decorum Est” is not one I ever heard of, but I don’t know much about poems (most of those I remember are from school assignments, or randomly stumbled across, a la “Mimsy Were The Borogoves” in the sci-fi short by the same name).

I can see that it paints a clear and vivid picture of the misery of a WWI infantryman, and the denouement of the “heroic death” sentiment expressed in the title reminds me of “All Quiet On The Western Front” – when the soldiers tricked into joining the army get to confront their old schoolmaster, “Territorial Kantorek”, about his exhortations to join up.

gabs-

i wanted to know which thread spoke about the topic of “what weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of gold”?

Here you go:

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/the-riddle-thread#post-11123

“oomis1105” was the questioner, but is probably too modest to mention that here.

oomis1105-

The story you are referencing happened to Rabbi Shmuel Shapira and can be found in the book “Small Miracles” by Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal on page 81.

Google “good herr rabiner”, sans the quotes, and you can see the story online in Google Books.

Pashuteh Yid-

I don’t think you scared her off. Your sense of humor is a little off-beat sometimes (not that I’m one to talk), but I’m sure she understands that you’re only kidding around, especially since you made it clear in another thread that no harm is intended. “jewishfeminist02” is still around, but posting less now that (I suppose) the novelty of this CR has worn off.

It’s nice to see you posting again – you’re a knowledgeable guy (i.e. your discussion with “shazam” of different types of radar, as well as your various inputs on learning topics), and when you have something to say it’s usually well put and clearly thought out.

Joseph-

1) How’d you keep track of all that?

(select one and only one of the following)

a) Rolodex b) Photographic memory c) Spending about an hour going thru threads I participated in

2) Btw, what is the other sn you referred to re: Bogen?

I nominate:

havesomeseichel-

Don’t give up.

It can be very frustrating to spend lots of time formatting something and then not have it come out properly, but as many posters (including moi) experienced on the HTML thread, eventually perseverance pays off.

It looks to me like the problem with your post is that your spacing was lost.

I suggest:

1) Start with something simple (to avoid the frustration of lots of lost time on failed attempts).

2) Don’t forget to prefix your art with a backtick (the character below the tilde [~] on the upper-left of your keyboard that looks like an apostrophe). This will preserve spaces between characters, and force the use of a fixed-width font.

We probably should start a second HTML thread – any volunteers?

Oops – forgot to force a fixed-width font:

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xerox-

To answer the question you asked here:

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/the-laboratory-try-your-html-formatting-experiments-here/page/5#post-24126

“Why is everything under points?”

Because the site software doesn’t handle it very well if you include the <li> tag in your post without having a <ul> (Unordered List) or <ol> (Ordered List) tag beforehand.

In other words:

<ul>

<li>Red

<li>Orange

<li>Yellow

</ul>

will display just fine:

• Red
• Orange
• Yellow

<li>Red

<li>Orange

<li>Yellow

Will make a mess of the rest of the page by assuming all of the following posts are list items.

Sorry for not answering your question on the HTML thread before it closed.

anonymisss-

nossond-

Joseph-

I’m guessing that we’re not allowed to edit our own posts because that would provide a way for a sneaky individual to bypass the moderation process.

I’ll further guess that a one-minute window is the minimum interval for self-editing that the site software allows – otherwise it makes no sense (to me) for such a short interval to exist.

(nossond- btw – your divrei Torah are excellent).

kapusta-

You’re very welcome. I am not a pro, but I am happy to pass on any knowledge I have picked up over time.

To address your questions in order:

2) Moving quicker in between sites: if you mean going to a different site within the same browser window, this is probably a connection speed issue.

oomis1105-