Can anyone explain this?

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Reply to Postcard #1

Hi Slackwarelinux.

I had assumed the string of mail had ended already, but I welcome your creative addition. I am fairly impressed that the postcard actually got to me seeing the state of the address on the card.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...OhowsDAjello/Post3.JPG

I tried to Google OHKOHCHI-SANSO to see if there was more information about it. Looks like a beautiful location.
http://kyotono.michikusa.jp/okochi/okch_ss.htm

Indeed I do ?liek? Mudkips. That was always the highlight of my time at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Early in my time there, it was unclear whether Mudkip was a danger to others, but he seemed to get along great with our wolves. We kept him in there for quite a while and he was a big draw for the younger crowd.
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...wsDAjello/Mudkips2.jpg

Later on though, it seemed clear that he was fun loving and not dangerous to the general public. We decided that it was fine for Mudkip to roam the zoo throughout the day, just like the peacocks. He was kind enough to pose for this photo as well.
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...wsDAjello/Mudkips1.jpg

As much as I leik them pokamans, you have any other wolf pics? Wolves are

Well I have this one
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/YOyoYOhowsDAjello/wolf.JPG

Honestly as I was working at the zoo, I got really used to seeing the animals everyday. Seeing a kangaroo, camel, penguin, bear, lion, etc. became very ordinary. By the time I got my new camera that was small enough to take to work to take some pictures, I didn't end up taking that many of the animals themselves. Maybe it was the influence of seeing hundreds of thousands of people over the years take the same pictures of the animals looking bored.

So I generally took pictures of things that were interesting to me while working, but those didn't often tend to be the animals... unless they were doing something unusual.

If I had been there one of the times when a rabbit or something made its way into the wolf area and was hunted / eaten by the wolves, I would have taken a picture of that. They would often let out eerie howls in the morning when it was still dark, but that doesn't quite turn up well in pictures so I don't think I ever took a picture of that.

Most of the time during the day, they would lay out of sight somewhere since they were blessed with a somewhat large habitat. In the morning though, they would come up right to the fence there. I was down there on official business (watering plants that were just a foot or two away from the fence) when they came up to say "Hi" in that picture. I'm not as close to the fence as I look in that picture. From a different angle, it would be clear that I'm not touching the fence and that my face and arm are definitely out of range of any sort of "snout through the fence" attack. My co-worker who actually took that picture was much braver with the wolves. She was putting her hand through the fence to pet them and lick her and such.

That might sound really crazy, but the wolves are more like domestic dogs and wild wolves in behavior at the zoo. I believe they were raised from pups here by humans. When the grounds crew goes in to cut the grass, they do so with the wolves still in there. Still, I wasn't taking any chance of sticking my hand through the fence since I generally think that's a tempting offer for any canine... lupus or not

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Postcard #2:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...howsDAjello/Post1a.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...howsDAjello/Post2a.jpg

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Postcard #2:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...howsDAjello/Post1a.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...howsDAjello/Post2a.jpg

:thumbsup:

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Hello mystery post card #2 writer? who signed as ?<snorgles> ATOT?

I can understand how you do not have access to improved writing technology. I will assume that with the aid of an Ames Lettering Guide that your lines would be much more uniform so I will not hold that against you. I am sorry to hear that there are no Pokemon native to your land, but surely there must be some exciting wildlife to observe. I try not to take the wildlife I have available in Wisconsin for granted. Nothing made this more apparent than the story of the Japanese tourists who came to the Milwaukee County Zoo and were screaming and yelling in excitement of the chipmunks that were running wild around the grounds. Apparently those are cute and exciting attractions in their zoos back home.

I am honored that you would seek my advice. I believe I have mentioned in previous responses that I may not be the best one to ask for advice, but I will do my best. My best decision today has probably been to go to qdoba and use a ?buy one get one free? burrito so I can have dinner tonight and a meal at some point tomorrow. Despite the high number of calories in the burrito, I felt that it was acceptable to eat since I have been trying to stay healthier lately. My lunch consisted of pea pods, grapes, and a banana. This has been by typical type of lunch for a couple weeks now. I think seeing Gillian McKeith?s ?You are what you eat? in the morning on BBC America has helped me think healthier before packing my meals. By the way, this is totally unrelated to the ATOT Sexiest Person Pageant.
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2282930&enterthread=y
I have not altered my lifestyle in any way due to that competition.

The most exciting thing to happen to me lately is that I have a new desk at work. I actually have some drawers to put my papers in. Drawers are so useful!
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/sp...m/03-19-2009/Front.jpg
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/sp...em/03-19-2009/Side.jpg
I even felt the urge to wrap my phonebook speaker stands in the speaker?s protective packaging covers to make it look slightly less tacky!

Well, on to the purpose of your actual postcard?

For question 1, I do not think I can answer that. Indeed I was on course to be an Electrical Engineer for a couple years and at the time I bet I could have derived that, but well? you did not define ?r? in the problem. If I was a daring person, I might assume that ?r? was the radial distance from the center of the disk, but I just would not feel comfortable doing that? I hope you understand.

For question 2, it seems that tin whistles are not even made of tin anymore, but actually brass. As for Fog Horns, my research has shown that there are many designs / materials for fog horn construction. Just one example http://www.stupidquestionsansw....com/answered/horn.htm
Maybe I am just supposed to say ?fog? though?

 

[eits]

wait, i don't get it. i didn't read through everything, but it seems like you've got a stalker or something? i don't follow... someone explain.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: eits
wait, i don't get it. i didn't read through everything, but it seems like you've got a stalker or something? i don't follow... someone explain.

You must start from the beginning to understand.

 

[imported_Lothar]

How the hell did I miss this entire thread?

Those letters/post cards were entertaining.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Postcard #2:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...howsDAjello/Post1a.jpg
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...howsDAjello/Post2a.jpg

Mudkips? :laugh: His handwriting was better than mine.

 

[xanis]

Woot! My letter is finally in the thread!

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: eits
wait, i don't get it. i didn't read through everything, but it seems like you've got a stalker or something? i don't follow... someone explain.

Long ago I posted a picture of my netflix envelope collection to bbzzdd. Months later, FelixDeKat uploads the same picture. I find this interesting and ask ATOT for funny explanations.

My address is on the netflix envelopes and I start getting anonymous (some more so than others) letters from members. I start taking pictures of the letters and responding to them in this thread.

This has been going on for over 4 months now. I received the latest postcard today.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Woot! My letter is finally in the thread!

So this last one was you?

EDIT:

Er... are you talking about the letter from December?

 

[Googer]

Buy a gun.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Chryso
I find it interesting how nobody sends a return address.

Yoyo would scan the envelope and the sender would get back from strangers what they give. I seen no reason why they suddenly want to write his home, when all along he's had his email address posted in his profile.

spmclaughliREMOVEn@gmail.com

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I do answer e-mails from AT members as well as PMs too

I even answer e-mails from non AT members who got my e-mail address from my profile and ask me questions without signing up on the forum

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

You know... I haven't received anything in a while. You guys are slacking off.

FYI if you want to send me a free 5"x7" personalized card (or 5"x7"photo card and upload photos of your choice... I don't think it works with audio cards), you can go to Hallmark.com and use the code
APRILCARD
or
CARD4MOM
at checkout to send out a card (free postage included)

If not for me, at least send one out for Mom for Mother's day

I just sent out a card to my sister from "The Swine Flu Syndicate" for example.

Enjoy

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
You know... I haven't received anything in a while. You guys are slacking off.

FYI if you want to send me a free 5"x7" personalized card (or 5"x7"photo card and upload photos of your choice... I don't think it works with audio cards), you can go to Hallmark.com and use the code
APRILCARD
or
CARD4MOM
at checkout to send out a card (free postage included)

If not for me, at least send one out for Mom for Mother's day

I just sent out a card to my sister from "The Swine Flu Syndicate" for example.

Enjoy

Aww, is someone getting lonely?
Don't worry, you'll be getting a card from me...won't say when, though

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Crono
Aww, is someone getting lonely?
Don't worry, you'll be getting a card from me...won't say when, though

Just a little bit

 

[James Bond]

Wow I love this thread! How did I miss it...

 

[FDF12389]

Cliffs?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: FDF12389
Cliffs?

Uhhh... well

I posted a picture of a stack of netflix envelopes, FelixDeKat uploaded the same picture months later.
I made this thread asking for funny explanations of what's going on, and someone notices that my name and address are on the envelopes still.
Eventually, I start getting letters from ATOT members over the course of several months.
When I get a letter, I take pictures and post it in this thread along with a personalized reply to whatever the ATOT member wrote to me.

 

[slackwarelinux]

I'd forgotten about the letter. Thanks for the response .

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: slackwarelinux
I'd forgotten about the letter. Thanks for the response .

No problem, thanks for writing

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I just sent out a card to my sister from "The Swine Flu Syndicate" for example.

Oh, and here's this in case anyone was wondering

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...jello/SwineFluCard.jpg

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I just sent out a card to my sister from "The Swine Flu Syndicate" for example.

Oh, and here's this in case anyone was wondering

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...jello/SwineFluCard.jpg

That's hilarious. I tried to make a Hallmark card two days ago or so but they said the coupons had already expired. Sorry.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I just sent out a card to my sister from "The Swine Flu Syndicate" for example.

Oh, and here's this in case anyone was wondering

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Y...jello/SwineFluCard.jpg

That's hilarious. I tried to make a Hallmark card two days ago or so but they said the coupons had already expired. Sorry.

It's ok

My sister called last night to ask if it was me who sent the card (she got the answering machine while I was out). I called her up and used Windows XP's "Microsoft Sam" voice and typed some stuff out. I held my headphones up to the phone and pretended to be the "Swine Flu Syndicate".

She was really freaked out. It was great :laugh:

Since I had told her about the card promotion so she could sent a card to our mom for mother's day too, she thought I had used up the promotion already and thus it wasn't me who had sent the card. She sent an e-mail to several other people asking if they had sent it.

Anyway, she said it was the best joke I had ever done :laugh:

If the promotion hadn't ended, I was planning on just calling her with my regular voice and denying involvement while I sent her another card from "The Swine Flu Syndicate". That one would have had a picture of where she lives (courtesy of google maps) and told her to stop telling people about the syndicate
Judging by how freaked out she got about the first one, I'm kind of glad I didn't end up doing that though