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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:54 am Post subject: Ice Cream Celebration |
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I'm going to get ice cream from Baskin Robbins sometime after 8:30 tonight. Come with me to celebrate my new major, 21H.
Whee! |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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I'll be there. |
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xavid is surprised at continuity. ≠√3
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'm already there. |
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jaster is back in black Mod Emperor of Dune
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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I was there yesterday. _________________ When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
-Children of Dune, attributed to Louis Veuillot |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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I was there before that place even had a Baskin Robbins.
Also, what did your parents say? |
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jaster is back in black Mod Emperor of Dune
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Assuming time is closed on the past end, take some time x when you got there, I got there at a time y where y < x on the time-line.
Also, 21H is a bold move... but I applaud it. _________________ When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
-Children of Dune, attributed to Louis Veuillot |
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estick is Eraser-mad. Very Jewish
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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I'm there. |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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jaster wrote: | I was there yesterday. |
jaster wrote: | Assuming time is closed on the past end, take some time x when you got there, I got there at a time y where y < x on the time-line. |
Given that I had already said that I was there long before yesterday, your second statement contradicts your first.
By the way, where are we going since the Baskin Robbins people were apparently rude to Kallie on the phone? |
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jaster is back in black Mod Emperor of Dune
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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lizakova wrote: | Given that I had already said that I was there long before yesterday, your second statement contradicts your first. |
...perhaps if I had said something like 'The first time I was there was yesterday'
That is to say that "I was there last Monday" and "I was there last Wednesday" are consistent statements. _________________ When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
-Children of Dune, attributed to Louis Veuillot |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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jaster wrote: | lizakova wrote: | Given that I had already said that I was there long before yesterday, your second statement contradicts your first. |
...perhaps if I had said something like 'The first time I was there was yesterday'
That is to say that "I was there last Monday" and "I was there last Wednesday" are consistent statements. |
Your argument makes no sense from a linguistics standpoint since given the context of the discussion, you should have stated the earliest time you were there to prove yourself to be ahead of everyone else. So basically you're just spouting nonsense.
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Linguistics is a kind of pasta, as far as I know. |
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lizakova is shinying up her life. Kitty Guardian
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | Linguistics is a kind of pasta, as far as I know. |
And not a very good one. |
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jaster is back in black Mod Emperor of Dune
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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lizakova wrote: | Your argument makes no sense from a linguistics standpoint since given the context of the discussion, you should have stated the earliest time you were there to prove yourself to be ahead of everyone else. So basically you're just spouting nonsense. |
No friend, you are "just spouting nonsense". Your evocation of the "linguistics standpoint" is just nonsense. In the context of the discussion, it was only incumbent upon me (in my first post) to cite some earlier time as a time when I was there. Granted, had I said 'I'll be there tomorrow' or 'I'll be there after you', my statement would have made little sense in the given context.
If you're trying to say my assertion had some implied clause about being the first and only time I was there... I'd really have to say the following:
_________________ When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
-Children of Dune, attributed to Louis Veuillot |
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