Random Posts 2011 & 2012

[Antony]

I can't believe how much we have printed in the last 12-month period (okay, a bit shorter than that).
The Brother MFC-9840CDW (colour multifunction laser printer) we bought on 8th September last year indicated that we need to change the drum, as only 6% of drum life remaining. The drum is rated for 17,000 pages.
Keep in mind that we use two laser printers (another one is mono laser, and the drum can handle more pages).

Apart from the high volume printing, both those two laser printers have auto-duplex built-in, and we print double sided whenever possible. I admit that I am not as green as Don, but I do my part.

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[iJohnE]

-I start school next week.
-I then have three months to figure out where I'm going to college.
-This is all getting very surreal.

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[Don_HH2K]

-I start school next week.
-I then have three months to figure out where I'm going to college.

They may say that, but I'll let you know, I had my heart set on attending one college at the beginning of my senior year of high school. I applied early to that school, and heard back from them before I'd so much as sent an application to any other schools. But somehow I changed my mind towards the middle/end of the school year, and all remained well. I didn't have to pay any extra fees or incur wrath from the admissions process of either college of my high school.

Don't stress about it is all I'm saying. There's actually a lot more freedom to the process than guidance ever let on.

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[iJohnE]

-I start school next week.
-I then have three months to figure out where I'm going to college.

They may say that, but I'll let you know, I had my heart set on attending one college at the beginning of my senior year of high school. I applied early to that school, and heard back from them before I'd so much as sent an application to any other schools. But somehow I changed my mind towards the middle/end of the school year, and all remained well. I didn't have to pay any extra fees or incur wrath from the admissions process of either college of my high school.

Don't stress about it is all I'm saying. There's actually a lot more freedom to the process than guidance ever let on.

Thanks Don. I'm just freaking out a little. It's like one moment I'm in high school, the next I'm out in the real world. Well, partly anyways.

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[Antony]

Many of you know that unlike Don I don't have a BMW, as a matter of fact, I don't even own a car.

Well, unlike Don's 650 km trip to reputable RIT which he whinged that took him 13 hours, which I believe I am entitled for even bigger whine:
According to GPS navigating, the trip to IKEA is 13.8km. And the way to IKEA took me 40 minutes this afternoon, and 43 minutes back. Today was just a normal day. Not a special day, as a matter of fact, a nice sunny day. No bad weather, no tropical storms, and no traffic accidents on the road either. (Of course, no beautiful snow.)
Let's take the average of 41.5 minutes just to travel 13.8 km, it gives the average speed of 19.95 km/hr (kph). Mind you: a few motorways were used.

Although Don's 13 hours seems a bit long, and fairly speaking, it was just after the over-reaction of American government on those richer states, which without a doubt caused a bit traffic issue. However, it is still a very good speed. Let's do the math:
650 km (from picturesque Quincy to reputable Rochester) took 13 hours, and the average speed is still a pretty good 50 km/hr (kph).

So here you know, even during a nice day, Sydney's traffic is definitely unacceptable compared to the superb road systems in the advanced United States of America.

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[James]

Two things strike me about this:

1) it's fascinating how a person can use math and statistics to make they say whatever he wants

2) I can hardly wait to see how Don responds to this latest challenge.

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[Don_HH2K]

In fact, I measured the average speed of the car during the five hours I was stuck going around the closed-off section of the highway. I was going roughly 3.5mph.

Furthermore, my car nearly overheated (I had to turn the heater on to full blast while driving to vent the engine compartment), and had to stop for gas (usually I can make it out on one tank).

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[Antony]

1) it's fascinating how a person can use math and statistics to make they say whatever he wants

Thank you.
You might have already figured out, Antony does not speak English. Therefore, he needed math to balance his grades back in the school days.

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[Amrad]

Hello Antony,

You might have already figured out, Antony does not speak English.

I notice that you usually refer to yourself as 'Antony', rather than the more usual 'I' or 'me'. Why is that? It makes it sound as though you were speaking about someone else!

I believe you live in Australia, so if you don't speak English, how do communicate with other people?

Regards,

Dave.

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[Antony]

In fact, I measured the average speed of the car during the five hours I was stuck going around the closed-off section of the highway. I was going roughly 3.5mph.

So, you only count the 28.2 km (17.5 miles) while ignoring the reminding 620+ km? Which my math indicated that you were able to travel at average of 77.5 kph for the majority part of the trip.

I am sure you are aware that 28.2 km was only 4.3% of the trip. Or in other words, you ignored the 95%+ of the trip.

Although I was not an A+ student, my math was not that bad.

Furthermore, my car nearly overheated (I had to turn the heater on to full blast while driving to vent the engine compartment), and had to stop for gas (usually I can make it out on one tank).

I admit I don't know much about cars. And if not mistaken, it was end of Summer, and you had to turn on the heater?

I notice that you usually refer to yourself as 'Antony', rather than the more usual 'I' or 'me'. Why is that? It makes it sound as though you were speaking about someone else!

I know. Perhaps, you can blame my poor grammar.

I believe you live in Australia, so if you don't speak English, how do communicate with other people?

I can give you a few different answers on this. I think I can drop the “magic glasses” version.

Basically, as long as you can speak some basic greetings (I consider just some basic greetings as not able to speak English), you can still live in Australia comfortably. As being reported by TV (and agreed by a number of my friends), there are many areas where you don't really need to speak English. The TV report also pointed out that people living there have no interests in learning English.

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[Don_HH2K]

What you should have taken away from that is that 4.3% of the trip took almost as long as the entire trip usually takes me.

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[Antony]

What you should have taken away from that is that 4.3% of the trip took almost as long as the entire trip usually takes me.

So you conveniently ignored the big picture (you travelled at average of 50 kph just after the over reaction of a tropical storm), while my trip to IKEA was at a ridiculous 19.95 kph during a normal day.

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[Antony]

I spent last two evenings finish watching season 3 of Merlin. Few things to note here:
Unlike lucky Americans, we have to wait for a long time for our TV stations to air the show.
Those were recorded on T-Box (a poor man's Tivo).

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[Don_HH2K]

So you conveniently ignored the big picture (you travelled at average of 50 kph just after the over reaction of a tropical storm), while my trip to IKEA was at a ridiculous 19.95 kph during a normal day.

You should tell that "over reaction of a tropical storm" part to the people in the area whose homes were damaged.

I would also note that your trip to IKEA was a mere 45 minutes. I'd have loved to be stuck in slow-moving traffic for just 45 minutes, but was actually stuck in traffic for five hours. You also didn't nearly run out of gas and/or overheat, either, did you?

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[Antony]

I can't believe it. I am sick again. The flu/cold is on. But I learned the lesson this time, instead of waiting until it gets worse, I visited the doctor on the 2nd day I realise I had flu again.
It seems like I am not the only one sick again, according to the doctor and the pharmacy.

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