DWG

Its past Beer o'clock now - my partner brews his own beer and the results are fantastic.

Piper

That was Melbourne, AC/DC drove down Swanston Street on a flat bed truck.

JBowyer

I was discussing chemistry.

No Fractelle you were being both supercilious and rude. No not think that a superior education gives you any superiority because it does not

Oh Fractelle this must be my entire fault… I never usually go to Articles but I did recently and I probably didn’t close the door fast enough, he must have scooted past me into to General when I wasn’t looking.

Just let me grab the broom and I’ll have it sorted in a jiffy.

Dear David f,

Another interesting thread - Thank You for
expanding my knowledge. - As always with
the subjects you introduce on OLO - I had
to do some research... According to
The World Book Encyclopedia -V. 13 -
under the history of metallurgy we're told:

"The ancient Chinese and Egyptians found gold
and silver in their pure state as grains and nuggets,
and moulded the metal into many different kinds of
ornaments. The American Indians found large amounts
of pure copper in the area near Lake Superior and
moulded the metal into weapons and implements.

...Sometime before written history began, some of the
ancient peoples discovered the simplest principles of
smelting metals from their ores. Lead was probably the
first metal ever to be separated from its ore by smelting
(melting the ore in such a way as to remove impurities),
because it is very easy to reduce. But as long as 4,000
years ago, the Egyptians knew how to separate iron from
its ore - and this metal is considered one of the hardest
to reduce. By the time of the Assyrian civilization, smelting
iron was a highly developed art. The ancient Assyrians even
knew how to change iron into steel.

In the Middle Ages, when alchemists were studying ways to
make gold from other substances, great advances were
made in metallurgy. The alchemists are credited with laying
the foundations of the modern science of metallurgy..."

Fractelle,
I wish you & the better half(Smile) all the best but have a beer for me as well.
I got off the grog in !984 until I could control my alcohol & up until then I drank beer & anything else for that matter.
When I did finally go to have a beer I couldn't drink it , it didn't agree with the stomach so I stuck to BUNDY. The worst part I still have the memory(faint as it now might be) of a cold beer on a hot afternoon.
Anyway heres one for you :- Fractelle has these three mates that go to war & want Fractelle to have a geer for them each day they're gone. Well Fractelle goes to the local & orders 4 beers, drinks them & leaves after a few days the barman asks what the 4 beers are about & Fractelle tells him about the mates & the war. Well 6 months goes by & when the barman asks Fractelle if it will be 4 beers Fractelle says only three, Upon serving Fractelle the barman offers condolences
thinking that one of Fractelle,s friends has been lost but Fractelle quickly replies that nothing is wrong that she just gave up drinking. Thanks all have a good life from Dave

JBowyer says:

".... Fractelle you were being both supercilious and rude."

No, no, no, JBowyer!

Whilst it is true that Fractelle is neither stupid nor ignorant, you simply must accept that she can be, at times, terse and ascerbic. Neither terseness nor ascerbity necessarily equate to rudeness, however. Of course, if the terseness or ascerbity was to continue in any one conversation to any significant extent, that could constitute rudeness. But then again, terseness and repetition are contradictory terms, and we start to approach the oxymoronic in any analysis of Fractelle's literary style. So give her a go, JBowyer, and just let what you may see as rudeness add colour to your digital experience on OLO. It shouldn't be too difficult.

As to superciliousness, I am afraid I have had to resort to the dictionary before forming any opinion as to its applicability to Fractelle. It says: ".... Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant ..." Aren't these online dictionaries good, what! I'll have to use mine more often. I wonder whether the GELATO would use the same one?

Sadly, these little contentions conspire to cloak what well may be the truth that she may be somewhat 'over sensitive'. However, in recognition of the fact that she is neither stupid or ignorant, perhaps we can all take refuge in the belief that Fractelle is merely 'difficult' at times. Her professed love of beer and rugby league stand in intriguing juxtaposition to her expressed mild dislike of DV and control freaks, don't you think? I'm doing my best to try and desensitize her, JBowyer. Please help if you can.

Forrest, busy as he had been outside halving the food supply of any wombats that might be in the vicinity by his constant raking up of leaves (wombats eat roots and leaves, you know) had failed to notice that the sun had inexorably crept up and over the yardarm, to the point where it was now dipping below it again. It was after beer o'clock! And Forrest was compiling a post!

Suddenly Forrest's finger twitched. Horror! Posted!