Can we talk seriously for a moment?

This is my everyday wristwatch. It's a Skagen, made in Denmark. Lightweight, stylish, classically European. The exact opposite of a Rolex / Omega / Apple:

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ba94d82362.png

Now, I am not a small man. 6'2", 175 lbs. I have to shop online for shoes, because most stores have only 1-2 pair in my size, if even that. I barely fit into my NB, and more than one co-worker has literally laughed out loud in the parking lot upon seeing me get into / out of my car for the first time, not previously knowing that it was what I drove.

And yet I wear this wristwatch with the hasp in the *smallest* hole on the band. You can see the crease in the leather, so you know I'm not bullshitting you.



Turns out that the same is true for hospital-grade sphygmomanometers (blood pressure cuffs.)

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...3d89853228.png

See those three armbands on the wall? They used the smallest of the three on me. (Side note: when the cute nurse says "Doctor, BP is down to 95/40, heartrate 44," with more than a little anxiety in her voice, as you're face-down on the operating table, fully conscious, having many large-bore needles jammed into your spine under a fluoroscope, this is moderately disconcerting. Seriously, what is it about hospital nursing that attracts *all* of the cute young blondes and Koreans? Private-practice nurses have nothing on these ladies... )



This is, no joke, completely serious, kind of legitimately concerning to me. By any reasonable definition of the word, I am on the "freakishly large" side of "normal," and yet in terms of circumference, I am apparently a "petite" with regard to 21st century body-image norms.


Something is wrong...

correct.

According to Merriam-Webster, ‘fascism means:’

“a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.”

Here’s Google’s definition:

“An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.” with a secondary meaning of “(in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practices.”

Joe, the translation thing is funny. Obviously using an out-of-date program or translators not familiar with any thing that is slightly technical.

At my last company, Ramsey Winch, the joke was a winch manual that had been translated (this company always picked cost over quality in matters like this). There is a requirement to use lubricant on the wire rope at designated intervals. Apparently the way the translation company translated "contact your wire rope manufacturer for an appropriate lubricant," was translated as something to the effect of using, ahem, "personal lubricant" for the wire rope.

Idioms are also a real problem for translation. Por ejemplo, "Cut the power to the circuit breaker." Could be translated to literally mean, "Cut the incoming power line going into the circuit breaker."

Attachment 179679Or maybe you just have daintier wrists than you realize.
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Aside from the fact that your Skagan is apparently sized larger than my Fossil (I usually wear a Wenger which my parents gave me a decade or so ago, but it has a metal band which makes for harder comparison), I notice that I wear my band a centimeter or two larger than you do, in the fourth and fifth holes from the outside. I'm 5'9", wear an 8.5 shoe, my glove size is usually a men's small, and I'm hardly portly, nor do I go to the gym.

For what it's worth, my Swiss-Canadian frame of reference puts 6'2" at 175 lbs into the "bean pole" category. Heck, I weigh more than that despite being 5 inches shorter, and I still show a bit of ab if I flex lightly.

http://www.roadraceautox.com/attachm...9&d=1493668133

http://www.roadraceautox.com/attachm...8&d=1493668123

Stop dissing on my Omega!
I'm not going to take this kind of abuse from a puny ectomorph.:fael:

--Ian

<-- nerd.

Except I usually use graph paper and cut out the furniture because it's faster to move around than in digitalspace.

If you've only got two bookcases then your nerd card is revoked.

--Ian

^Those objects are three dimensional. Mapping them in two is likely a waste of time and/or space.

Speaking of space:

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Horribly inefficient design. You need to put more shit on the sofa.

Two wooden ones that can't be broken down. At least, not in such a way that they can be re-assembled afterwards. The rest are plastic and easily disassembled into a small pile.

I've done this every time I've moved. The goal is to lay out the footprint of all of the big and/or heavy stuff in the most optimal way possible. Boxes are then packed into the space which remains, stacked on top of the big stuff, etc.


G4mer d00dz be like: "whoa."

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4a83491535.png

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...1b24e1ec44.jpg
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I dunno man.

I put 8 15 inch woofers in boxes on my sofa when it shipped cross country.

space efficient, but broken sofa was no good.

Stryke AV15:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ef0bd593f0.png

I currently have one in use at home. With Linkwitz transform, it plays loud enough and flat down to 20 Hz anechoic.

Of course now I have children. So it doesn't do that much anymore. Not yet.