On Monday, 25 July 2016 12:30:06 UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:15:26 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:53:36 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:28:10 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Now that's a lie. 5 miles from my house? No.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes. 5 land miles. Another half a mile if you count the bay. 5.5
> >>>> miles total. How much do you expect us to believe the cuisine changes
> >>>> in that 5.5 miles?
> >>>
> >>> The bay? What bay is this?
> >>
> >> Excuse me, Lake Washington. Happy now? I thought that was all
> >> seawater there.
> >>
> >>> There is no way in hell that Seattle is 5 miles
> >>> from my house.
> >>
> >> It's called a MAP, Julie. Seattle extends halfway into Lake
> >> Washington due east of 145th Street. Here is the measurement from
> >> that point to your house using the Google Maps measuring tool.
> >>
> >> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=znagbb&s=9
> >>
> >> Now you should apologize and shut the **** up. Or are you going to
> >> start yet another stupid argument and make ridiculous excuses? My
> >> money is on options B and C.
> >
> > Excuse me, that's 7.5 miles. About 6 LAND miles. I was looking at
> > the 5 mile marker on the line thinking that was total miles.
> >
> > But in the context of the original discussion (which has now been
> > obscured by a bunch of Julie's blathering) does the extra 2 miles make
> > a difference? Not at all.
> >
> > -sw
>
> I worked with someone in the 90s who, despite living in Chicago, had
> never been downtown -- "too dangerous"


Former *chi denizen Tushar mentioned on FB the other day that he encountered a guy in a cafe who asked the server, "What is hummus?" Guy ended up ordering a steak sammich. After the guy left, others were mocking him for not knowing what hummus was. Tush commented the mockers, "Some people live in a snark bubble"...


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Greg