I have determined that I am too stupid to post on DU.

[LeftyFingerPop]

May the road rise up to the sun to meet your house in warmth and shade, and may the swan bark gently into that good night.

Goodbye.

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. OMG!! I did not realize that the outpouring of grief over me leaving would be so immense!

I'll stay then! Thank you so much! Really, thank you all! :grouphug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. what is it that taterguy says....oh yeah

dumbass!

:grouphug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. Thank you! Thank you ever so much!

How's the tummy today? :grouphug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. calm, thanks

but I am worn out due to lack of sleep. :) :thumbsup:

[Deep13]

9. It--it's just--*sob*--HARD to put that kind of anguish into words.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[LeftyFingerPop]

11. I understand.

*sigh* :hug:

[jobycom]

15. Because nobody believes you.

We're waiting on the punch line. :rofl:

Still waiting...

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Okay, okay, I'll say it... DON'T GO!!!! You may be dumb but you're OUR dumb!! And you make us all feel smarter. We need that. Some of us really, really need that...

[LeftyFingerPop]

38. If I can make someone feel smarter...

I have served my purpose in life. :)

[gratuitous]

5. Recognizing your problem is the first step to recovery

Come back after you've completed first grade. See you in about, oh, four or five years.

[LeftyFingerPop]

6. Will do!

Thanks! I always appreciate good advice. :hug:

[gratuitous]

8. Free advice and worth every penny!

One of my specialties.

[Heidi]

7. Don't listen to what the haters say.

They're irrationally obsessed. Let's fageddabout it and go have a smoke out by the pumps, huh? :hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

10. OK! I'll meetcha ova at pump 6 in a coupla minutes!

:hug:

[redwitch]

12. Swans bark? How puzzling.

Don't go LFP, you are the cat's seersucker suit!

[LeftyFingerPop]

13. They bark in my mind!

and back atcha! :hug:

[Swede]

14. And up yours too.

How ya doin' buddy?

[LeftyFingerPop]

16. Hey Swede! I'm doing good, how are you?

Things going OK?

I'm feeling better than I have in a long time...dropped 20 pounds. :hi:

[Swede]

17. Lefty,I'm doing all right.

I unfortunately gained 10 lbs over the summer (barbcues and beers,I'm thinking). But I start back at the gym on Monday.

[LeftyFingerPop]

18. Good luck at the gym...

you'll get that 10 pounds off in no time.

[EOTE]

19. No.... don't....

Sorry, that's all the enthusiasm I can muster.

[LeftyFingerPop]

27. Alright, I'll stay. Your emotion is bringing tears to my eyes.

[Danger Mouse]

20. But I wrote the intelligence test for posting on DU myself!

it only has one question.

'What country do you live in?'

So far, this quiz has been very effective in keeping away Republcans, who always reply 'Ronald Reagan'

[LeftyFingerPop]

25. err...so....

What's the right answer? :hide:

[Crystal Clarity]

21. And may Skittles Kick-Your-Ass on your way out

*Sigh* May we all be so blessed... :hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

26. Skittles is all talk.

:yoiks:

[rug]

22. Try Facebook then.

[LeftyFingerPop]

24. Well rug, it is funny that you mention Facebook...

I have a good friend in real life who is also a DUer. I have known this person for years. This person is friends with literally ALL is the disgruntled DUers who have left for facebook.

This person has a deep grudge against some for reasons I will not share here.

Also, most people would believe that this person hates my guts by all appearances.

So, when I get poems and nasty shit written about me, or any other items of interest, I get screen shots.

The internet...be careful out there. :D

[RainDog]

29. LOL

good. that way people don't have to say it on DU.

[LeftyFingerPop]

36. LOL

LOL

[CreekDog]

83. Do you have any material about mother-in-laws or airplane food?

just wondering. :D

[Curmudgeoness]

23. If you must go, go in peace.

[LeftyFingerPop]

28. Yes...

I am peaceful. :hi:

[Jamastiene]

30. Standing fucking O, your best performance yet.

Ta-ta now.

[LeftyFingerPop]

37. OK! Ta-ta!

[MrScorpio]

31. Maybe Hazardous Duty Pay should cover it?

Yeah, that's the ticket

[LeftyFingerPop]

34. When I worked for a Government contractor,

I worked on proposals for our people to design, build, install and maintain certain devices at locations all over the world.

Depending on where a device was going to be installed, I would sometimes have to bid hazardous duty pay as a percentage on top of the individual's normal labor rate.

If I remember correctly, the premium ranged from 15% to 50%, depending on the location.

One time I was working late, and our office got a frantic phone call from somewhere overseas (I forget the country). A group of our installers was caught selling drugs in that country, and they were ready to murder them as punishment.

We had to work with our Government to send negotiators over there to get them home safely, and they were promptly fired and prosecuted here.

[kimi]

32. I don't know

I kind of like your stuff, so no, don't go.

And swans do not bark, BTW. Now, peacocks, they make an awful racket.

[LeftyFingerPop]

35. Hey kimi, I post this crap about leaving all the time...

it is just bullshit. I probably will not leave DU until I kick, or I am tombstoned...whichever comes first. :)

[kimi]

89. Yeah, I know

Just wanted to share my observation about the peacocks.

They really DO make a nasty bunch of noise. :)

[MiddleFingerMom]

33. I was trying DESPERATELY to be nice...

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[LeftyFingerPop]

39. MFM...I can relate...

The doctors are puzzled why my IQ is 207 (it increased overnight, I just took another IQ test), yet my latest MRI shows that my brain is the size of a golf ball. :hi:

[Ptah]

40. Was this problem on the test?

[LeftyFingerPop]

41. Good morning Ptah...

Is that asking for the circumference of the entire circle, or the length of the little segment, or something else? I think my IQ just dropped a couple of hundred points.

[Ptah]

42. It is asking for the diameter of the larget circles that can be cut from a 48 inch square.

[LeftyFingerPop]

43. Let's see...

Area of entire box = 48 * 48 = 2304 inches.

The circles intersect at 24 inches.

Is the answer 24 inches?

[LeftyFingerPop]

44. Wait, that ain't right...

[Ptah]

45. Not 24.

[LeftyFingerPop]

46. The length of a diagonal line through the big square is...

67.88. Is that correct? I'm trying to work this through....

[Ptah]

47. The diagonal of a 48" square is 67.88, and not a number you need.

[LeftyFingerPop]

48. OK...gimme a sec.

[rug]

49. What happened to the nipple?

[Call Me Wesley]

50. It's a

33.94 inches one. ;)

[LeftyFingerPop]

52. Yes!! A triangle for each circle using pythagorean theroem....

Center is 24....

24 squared + 24 squared = 1152 and the square root of that is....33.94.

[Ptah]

53. Nope.

[LeftyFingerPop]

55. Oh shit!! LOL

I have to leave to go transport a rescued dog...damnit!

[Ptah]

57. Here's a hint:

[LeftyFingerPop]

58. I was trying to work with the distance between....

the 2 circle centers but now I'm rushed with that dog and have to go. This really taxed my pea brain this morning....someone will have it by the time I get back...thank you for this Ptah!

[LeftyFingerPop]

61. 39.12??????

[LeftyFingerPop]

62. Wait...38.308??????

[Ptah]

63. 33.94 was too big before.

39.12 is even more toobigger.

[LeftyFingerPop]

64. The lady on the transport leg before me is running late so I'm...

waiting for her to call. This is wracking my mind...I'm looking for a triangle I can work with.

[Ptah]

65. First side of the triangle is the line from circle center to circle center

[LeftyFingerPop]

66. 12?

[Ptah]

67. More hinting:

[LeftyFingerPop]

69. Yes...I realized that on your first hint but I can't vizualize the other sides....

give me a min!!

[LeftyFingerPop]

70. WAIT STOP HINTING LOL!

[Ptah]

71. I actually encountered this problem at work years ago.

Sheet and plate aluminum is sold in 4' x 8' sheets.
We usually cut them in half for storage.
So I needed to cut two circles from one half sheet.
The rest is history.

[LeftyFingerPop]

72. Do I need to use trig functions?

[Ptah]

73. No, Pythagoras will get you through

[LeftyFingerPop]

74. Is this as hard as it seems?

[Ptah]

75. I think it's difficult. **** edit*****

Therefore 48 = R + R + {(2 * R) / squareroot(2) }

[LeftyFingerPop]

76. The formula at the bottom gives the base of triangle?

twice the radius divided by 2 squared?

[Ptah]

77. 48 = R + R + {(2 * R) / squareroot(2) }

48 = R + R + {(2 * R) / squareroot(2) }

[Ptah]

78. 48 = Dia + {(Dia/1.414)}

48 = Dia + {(Dia/1.414)}

[LeftyFingerPop]

81. I get 28.12...I will have to ask you later how...

you get that formula. Thanks a lot for this, Ptah. Have a good day...gotta run.

[Ptah]

68. dupe

[Call Me Wesley]

59. Sorry, I always sucked big time at this stuff ...

:hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

88. It looks like I do too!

:rofl: :hi:

[Ptah]

54. Every time I post nipples, the post gets deleted.

:blush:

[Kali]

79. eyeballing I would say 28 to 30 inch diameters

and eyeballing or folding a piece of paper is all I got:rofl:

[Ptah]

80. A hair less than 28-1/8

:thumbsup:

[BuelahWitch]

51. I couldn't find Ptah's monkey, so here's this one

[LeftyFingerPop]

56. Ha! I love that little one!

How are you doing? Nice to see your name! :hug:

[BuelahWitch]

60. I'm doing ok

Taking some fun (for me) courses in school this semester, and getting ready to head to work today. Glad to see you too sweetie! :hug:

[CreekDog]

82. Did you think of this all by yourself?

:evilgrin:

[Bennyboy]

84. Way to catch up to the rest of us....

About time.

[LeftyFingerPop]

86. Benny....

Believe or not (with my memory being so poor), I remember a post that you did years ago where you posted a screen shot of you in the Grateful Dead Movie.

I watched a little of it the other night, and I saw you and smiled. ;)

Ahh...to be young again.

[Bennyboy]

87. OH yes to be forever young.....

Be your own screen capture!

[LeftyFingerPop]

85. PTAH, can you please 'splain that formula to me if you feel like it? Thanks. n/t