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I was vaguely aware of the Stax being nonstandard, but I've known the Pringles was a hyperbolic paraboloid since about 1978. It's a part of a torus, imagine the inside surface of a donut's hole. Pre-internet days in high school physics, someone asked that question and that led to about a 6-week feud with Mr. Young, who Doubted Very Much that there was a geometer's term for a donut's shape.

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Posted: Jul 2, 2022 - 11:49am
Proclivities wrote: The shape of Stax is a simple curve called a hyperbolic cylinder, while Pringles are formed into a double-curve known as a hyperbolic paraboloid. This will blow Scott's mind!

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Posted: Jul 2, 2022 - 8:06am
islander wrote: I really did think they were Mexican Pringles (where I've been eating them for years), then I saw them here in English and Pringles a few feet away... Doh! Anyway, Stax > Pringles, you're welcome. The shape of Stax is a simple curve called a hyperbolic cylinder, while Pringles are formed into a double-curve known as a hyperbolic paraboloid.

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Posted: Jul 1, 2022 - 5:02pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I have never done this in-depth field research so I thank you. I really did think they were Mexican Pringles (where I've been eating them for years), then I saw them here in English and Pringles a few feet away... Doh! Anyway, Stax > Pringles, you're welcome.

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Posted: Jul 1, 2022 - 1:50pm
islander wrote: Stax are a different parent company (lays) than Pringles. I always thought that Stax were Mexican Pringles. Now I know there is also a large and ongoing which is better debate. I'm not sure why there is a debate though as Stax are clearly the superior chip. I have never done this in-depth field research so I thank you.

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Posted: Jul 1, 2022 - 1:32pm
Stax are a different parent company (lays) than Pringles. I always thought that Stax were Mexican Pringles. Now I know there is also a large and ongoing which is better debate. I'm not sure why there is a debate though as Stax are clearly the superior chip.

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Posted: Jun 16, 2022 - 7:04pm
...about lymph nodes. From a very engaging speaker with a cool accent.

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Posted: Jun 2, 2022 - 12:57pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Are music

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Posted: Jun 2, 2022 - 8:13am
haresfur wrote: Is music Are music

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Posted: Jun 2, 2022 - 5:52am
haresfur wrote: ... about uncountable nouns Is music singular or plural? of course it is

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Posted: May 21, 2022 - 7:02am
haresfur wrote: ... about uncountable nouns Is music singular or plural? I didn't realize that was a classification - hadn't thought about it before for some reason. milk, advice, luggage, rice, news., etc...

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Posted: May 20, 2022 - 5:51pm
... about uncountable nouns Is music singular or plural?

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 6:56pm
Antigone wrote: ... what a turnbuckle is ... I love turnbuckles. I have needed to use them only on rare occasions but I always loved just saying the word. Melodic and softly percussive.

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 5:40pm
... what a turnbuckle is ...

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 5:12pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: You know un-wind. har, har.

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 10:34am
TIL that the Psychotic Turnbuckles, a has-to-be-Australian band, is Australian but made up of expat pro wrestlers from Pismo Beach, Calif.

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 10:18am
haresfur wrote: I think they unwind themselves

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 8:46am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Turnbuckles unscrew themselves in the wind. I think they unwind themselves

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 7:55am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Turnbuckles unscrew themselves in the wind. I am familiar with this phenomenon. "How the hell is the dog loose again?!!"

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Posted: May 19, 2022 - 7:46am
Turnbuckles unscrew themselves in the wind.

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