tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1260843080084676072..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Rude and dirty-sounding astronomy terms that should never be said in public among normal people (otherwise known as non-astronomers)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70185841048950791672016-01-08T17:57:51.300-05:002016-01-08T17:57:51.300-05:00I have been trying to figure that out, but I still...I have been trying to figure that out, but I still don't understand what's wrong with "occultations". Can anybody explain?Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49874539144524031022016-01-07T06:15:15.745-05:002016-01-07T06:15:15.745-05:00Yeah, but those terms are OK, because they are use...Yeah, but those terms are OK, because they are used by "real people". Not them pointy headed poindexters.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21964353746937645712016-01-07T02:53:57.230-05:002016-01-07T02:53:57.230-05:00That's one hell of a crazzzy photo.
I imagin...That's one hell of a crazzzy photo. <br />I imagine this is something like what Walt sees while he tokes on a joint and lies on the hood of his '74 Trans Am somewhere in East Texas.<br />Beautiful.<br />Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90422268903541859862016-01-06T17:30:40.017-05:002016-01-06T17:30:40.017-05:00Technical courses are full of terms which might be...Technical courses are full of terms which might be considered politically incorrect--terms which have been used for decades and which are considered legitimate. In drafting, for example, one will encounter things such as pipe nipples, butt welds, and stopcocks. In electronics, there are male and female connectors.<br /><br />Over the years, though, there have been some concessions. I first Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21571827282291027192016-01-06T17:24:14.231-05:002016-01-06T17:24:14.231-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53985873980348294632016-01-06T15:37:15.106-05:002016-01-06T15:37:15.106-05:00We have homosocial reproduction, the tendancy for ...We have <a href="http://knowledge.sagepub.com/view/sociology-of-work/n142.xml" rel="nofollow">homosocial reproduction</a>, the tendancy for managers to hire in their own image.Frankie Bowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345550718717303649noreply@blogger.com