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Old Mar 14, 2019, 9:17 pm
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Originally Posted by BenA
"One dollar ninety point four two."

Seriously, what is the deal with the song on the Diamond Desk hold muzak loop that has this as a random vocal? It doesn't even make any sense!

(I know I've complained about this before, but it still bugs me...)
Googling for it as a complete phrase turned up:

http://oro.open.ac.uk/57447/1/359792.pdf

which is a 339 (!) page PDF of a 1994 PhD thesis entitled "OPTOPHONE DESIGN: OPTICAL-TO-AUDITORY VISION SUBSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND" and buried on pages 133-134 of the PDF (pages 132-133 in the original source):

Several short passages of speech and music have been analysed with a view to deriving the statistics of real sounds. Figure 6.16 shows the PR of an extract from a financial bulletin read by an American lady saying "[The] pound benefitted from the dollar's weakness and rose to the giddy height of one dollar ninety point four two, that's the highest for f[our years, before dropping
back]".
This still doesn't explain how or why that sample made it into the hold music loop but at least could explain what the fragment means
kthomas, BenA and hypertext like this.
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 5:30 am
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Have to take my truck to the shop today due to a drivetrain vibration. Hopefully they just need to replace the universal joints on the propellor shaft which would be covered under a "customer service program" since it's a known issue. Otherwise it will be an expensive fix. Hoping for the best!
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 6:45 am
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MAEN!

Originally Posted by mattp1987
Have to take my truck to the shop today due to a drivetrain vibration. Hopefully they just need to replace the universal joints on the propellor shaft which would be covered under a "customer service program" since it's a known issue. Otherwise it will be an expensive fix. Hoping for the best!
Your truck has a propellor? ^
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 7:00 am
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Originally Posted by Howste
MAEN!


Your truck has a propellor? ^
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by kipper
Sgt. Schultz's surgery went well, and I'm picking him up at the vet's office at 2 PM.
Yay Schultzy!
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 7:09 am
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Not quite a propeller, but awesome nonetheless!
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 1:10 pm
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Originally Posted by navi_jen
LOL
Originally Posted by navi_jen
Yay Schultzy!
He's still very sleepy and loopy. He was whimpering this morning, and Mr. Kipper thought he wanted out. I asked, and he just wanted on the bed. He tried to put his paws up on the bed, but missed. I tried boosting him up at the same time, like I normally would, and he tumbled back to the floor. We tried again, and now he's sleeping on the bed.
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 1:13 pm
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Oh good, you're spoiling him. Are you working from home today in order to look after him and keep him company?
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Howste

Not quite a propeller, but awesome nonetheless!
Do you think doing that ever gets tiresome for that guy?
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 1:40 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
Oh good, you're spoiling him. Are you working from home today in order to look after him and keep him company?
I took today off from work. Mr. Kipper and I drove out to Philadelphia for a concert last night. It wasn't over until 2 AM, so we both took today off so we could nap.
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 2:38 pm
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Originally Posted by ATOBTTR

Do you think doing that ever gets tiresome for that guy?
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 3:09 pm
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Originally Posted by kipper
I took today off from work. Mr. Kipper and I drove out to Philadelphia for a concert last night. It wasn't over until 2 AM, so we both took today off so we could nap.
So will you be home babysitting the old guy (the dog, not Mr Kipper!) this weekend?

ADDED: I just realized that you picked him up from the vet yesterday, so was he left home alone with just the other doggies to recover or did you get a dog sitter to watch over him when you were out enjoying yourselves in Philly?
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 3:10 pm
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Happy Friday! Have a great weekend all!
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 4:34 pm
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Originally Posted by ATOBTTR

Do you think doing that ever gets tiresome for that guy?
Not until after he is retired.
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Old Mar 15, 2019, 6:20 pm
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I'm tired of this thread. I'm hanging up now.
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