On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 8:11:32 AM UTC-10, The Greatest! wrote:
> 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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> --
> Best
> Greg

Snark is trending. That's how it all goes down in this new age of social media and connectivity. People these days ain't got no... wait a minute... did you just say "sammich???"