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Questions and Answers - Part 3

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STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

14:09 / 06.01.07

Thus: the elephant's nose, the elephants' noses, Brutus's nose.

Surely at least two of those are trunks?

16:15 / 06.01.07

I have a friend called 'the elephant'.

Not a poor knowledge of pachydermal anatomy, oh no, definitely not.

14:30 / 07.01.07

What is the best way to get rid of an evil deck of tarot cards?

14:50 / 07.01.07

Fire? Running Water? Charity Shop?

How so evil?

15:05 / 07.01.07

Well apparently you are not supposed to do the following with tarot cards:

1: Give yourself a reading twice in 24hrs.
2: Let somebody else do a reading with them.
3:Have an unauthourised person shuffle them for no reason.
4:Buy your own deck

I have done all these things and figured that maybe thats why my deck insists I am DOOMED. It is Medieval Scapini. I get an inkling maybe this deck is a bit negative anyway, but I am not rightly sure.
I would give it to my friend if I knew a way of removing any bad-luck it may have accumulated. Failing that I just want to avoid being cursed.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

16:50 / 07.01.07

Where did you buy it? If it's an ordinary commercial deck, I don't really see how it could have picked up any Darque Forces. I bought my current deck with no ill-effects.

A stuck deck can be down to all kinds of things. If you're genuinely worried, try conducting some kind of purification ritual. Use white sage (kitchen sage will do, but is more allergenic) or your preferred cleansing incence to smudge the deck, maybe spread it out on a windowsill and let the sun or moon get at it for a while, sprinkle with salt and dust off, whatever else you do cleansing-wise. Get a trusted person to do a reading for you with their deck and see if you're not just headed for a bit of life turbulence.

My question: I am feeling sullen and out of sorts, but I promised myself that I would start being social again as soon as I got back to BCN. I have found a cheap Goff club to attend tonight, but I don't feel like getting ready and going out. Should I

a) Squeeze myself into my best duds and go out on the town
b) Go, but not bother to change (means turning up in combaths and a Hello Kitty pyjama top)
c) Stay indoors and sulk?

16:54 / 07.01.07

A. Completely.

16:58 / 07.01.07

Thanks for the advice. Never done a ritual of any kind before but I'll give it a go.

Yes, A
Definately A

17:49 / 07.01.07

Fuckin' A

Less searchable M0rd4nt

17:54 / 07.01.07

Oh.

There's nothing about it on the club's website, but on a totally different website I see that they don't actually reopen until the 14th. So in fact the answer will be c), but with perhaps a soupçon more legitimacy.

17:55 / 12.01.07

When you want to retire a deck you can use it to make art. If it is a seriously charged piece of equipment burial is always good.For really rambunctious tools I salt, bury, retire.

My question:

Gooseberry and Elderflower Jam. What's it taste like and is it good enough to plop some cash down to try a new thing? Seems high quality and the company's other products are lovely. It's just gooseberry and elderflower with sugar and pectin on the label.
Helps?

18:00 / 12.01.07

Has anybody ever been succesful in contacting Nintendo's UK customer services?

I have spent a week trying their phone line, which gives an old-style engaged tone.

I have sent off emails, to which no reply has been sent.

I have a broken DS, and i'm a bit annoyed that i can't get it fixed.

Any ideas?

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

18:03 / 12.01.07

No help with the above, sorry.

MEDICAL QUESTION:

I bought new office shoes about a week ago. I call them "Nu Shooz" and laugh hysterically, which nobody else seems to get. I work in an all-Francophone office, which may explain it. Oh well.

Anyway, ever since I started wearing these things I've started getting like 8-10 eyeball-snapping static shocks per day. I guess there's a lot of friction in the carpet fibre or something.

Is this in any way medically dangerous? I know that static isn't supposed to be bad, but I'm building up and discharging what feels like enough power to run Con Edision several times a day. Could this be long-term problematic?

18:07 / 12.01.07

dude that's a party power right there.
if you're lucky you may even be able to harness it into a full blown super power! i mean, you'll be like goliath instead of like hercules, but when no one knows your secret, science is as good as magic.

you may need a mad scientist to help you go all the way, or at the very least an evil one.

19:23 / 12.01.07

xk, gooseberry and elderflower sounds like a delightful combination. I have never tried it but apple and elderflower works very well (especially tart apple) and gooseberries are fairly tart. I vote buy it and see. I would.

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

19:33 / 12.01.07

When citing multiple references at the end of a sentence, do you insert a space after the comma between two footnote reference numbers?
Is this correct?2,3
Or is this?2, 3

MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!

19:33 / 12.01.07

Blast! HTML superscript doesn't function here in Barbelith. Imagine those twos and threes real small and a bit higher up, okay?

19:58 / 12.01.07

thanks Lula!

20:15 / 12.01.07

xk - seconding Lula - gooseberry and elderflower is a classic cookery pairing - the elderflower is supposed to add a sort of muscat flavour to the gooseberry. Go for it!

Whisky Priestess

09:05 / 17.01.07

When citing multiple references at the end of a sentence, do you insert a space after the comma between two footnote reference numbers?
Is this correct?2,3
Or is this?2, 3

Guessing this is a word-count issue? I'd say write it as you would normally, i.e. without spaces. I was going to say "with spaces" but 2,3,5,17 looks much better written down than 2, 3, 5, 17. To me, anyhow.

Sorry this is more common sense (my version) than a proper academic answer - Cat Chant might be able to sort you out, however.

Request:
A colleague's grandmother was pickpocketed while in Germany. I've got a short crime report, scanned-in, which she would like to be able to understand, but it's all in German (obviously). Would anyone be able to translate it for me/him/her?

(Mist, I'm looking at you)

09:18 / 17.01.07

Sure, I can translate it. Do you need my email?

And I´ve got a question too!

About thirty minutes ago my phone rang. When I answered, there was only a recorded voice saying I was on hold. It sounded, as if it wanted to go on, but I just hung up.

Anyone else ever experienced this? Maybe got a message like that on your answering machine (I disconnected mine a while ago, because I had lots of calls without anyone leaving a message and that was annoying)? Could this be some kind of scam, where the message says, if you don´t hang up in ten seconds, you will be charged for this call? Sounds a bit paranoid maybe, but these scam atists can be so resourceful!

09:41 / 17.01.07

Yeah, that's a scam. They "put you one hold" and hope that you'll stay on the line whilst they charge you premium rates. If you can get a record of numbers that called you it might be an idea to report it as suspicious (and definitely have a close look at your phone bill when it shows up).

Whisky Priestess

09:46 / 17.01.07

Also, missed calls which when you call back say only "We are trying to connect you". I always phone my provider about those ones cos they tend to spam loads of people in the hope of a call-back.

10:29 / 17.01.07

Yeah, that's a scam. They "put you one hold" and hope that you'll stay on the line whilst they charge you premium rates.

And this scam works, if my answering machine takes the call? If so, that´s horrid!

@WP
I´ve sent you my translation.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

10:49 / 17.01.07

And this scam works, if my answering machine takes the call? If so, that´s horrid!

I wouldn't think it could as you haven't made an outgoing call to be charged for.

11:27 / 17.01.07

My boiler went bang last night. Does anyone know a good CORGI registered plumber who covers the N16 area and won't rip me off/blow my flat up?

12:06 / 17.01.07

Thanks to Lula and Kit-Cat's advice I feasted on some lovely gooseberry and elderflower jam via wee oatcakes this AM! Thank you!

Was truly a delightful experience as it's one of those flavors that somehow needs to be. (unlike say the so called 'pickles' at the Indian eatery that are obviously some sort of intergalatic peace keeping condiment of doom...)

The ingrediants are gooseberries, elderflowers (picked from hedgerows someplace in the UK which makes me wonder if they've been soaking up car exhaust...), water, and unrefined sugar. To be honest I felt a bit as if I was breakfasting in Gormenghast.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

13:34 / 17.01.07

Does anyone know a good CORGI registered plumber who covers the N16 area and won't rip me off/blow my flat up?

Another Stokeyite joins Barbelith!

There is apparently some suspicion among non-CORGI plumbers etc. that the whole point of being CORGI registered is to enable the ripping off of customers. However, that may be sour grapes. The plumbers we have used (in N16) were CORGI registered, but not particularly worth recommending, unfortunately.

14:26 / 17.01.07

I'm sorry I can't help with the plumber, but I think that they need to be CORGI registered if the work includes fitting/connecting of any gas pipes.

I have a question too: can anyone recommend a good broadband service provider as I'm sick of Orange and would like a connection that is at least a bit faster than my old dial up one?

14:30 / 17.01.07

I too found Orange to be big stinky sucky-pants.

These guys seem ok so far though.

All Acting Regiment

15:45 / 17.01.07

How does one pronounce "Baile funk"?

15:51 / 17.01.07

i believe it is bai-yay. it's portuguese from brazil, so you might want to ask sr. megatron.

16:02 / 17.01.07

i have a bit of a one.
i have recently become connected to a publication, available online and in print, isssues of which are commonly peppered with uses of 'chav' in what seems a completely unexamined way.

the publication is not in any way 'that sort', in the sense that it is fairly right on in almost all the ways i would expect. i don't agree with the content of every article, naturally, but i strongly disagree with the classist term above being used as it is as commonly as it is.

my question is how should i deal with it for best results?
should i deal with it?
is it something i should fully establish myself as a member of the staff before raisng as problematic, or is it something i should say from the start? is it appropriate that an unpaid contributor ask editorial staff to enforce a policy in line with my standards?

if i do challenge the usage, i would also appreciate some resources external to barbelith as back up(i will trawl the relevant threads when i put together my thoughts, but i figure this site may not have the impact, as the threads are often not one issue streams and on occasion require a level of foreknowledge that may not exist).
does anyone have any sources that i might find of use?
any thoughts on the issue generally?
should this be a thread rather than a post?

Whisky Priestess

16:10 / 17.01.07

The Chavscum website should put most people off the word for life.

16:26 / 17.01.07

that's a good point.
use it as an extreme example and i should probably get a few folks seeing what they are doing.

how would you approach the issue?
perhaps i should write a feature on the topic for inclusion in the lifestyle pages?

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