Pallets in fields

[dave1949]

I don't recognize the face on the left.

But I'm absolutely sure that is Ralph Cramden on the right. No doubt.

Ralph? No hat, no vest, no t-shirt, no way. Perhaps you should get some lenses for those spectacles?

 

[smstonypoint]

Ralph? No hat, no vest, no t-shirt, no way. Perhaps you should get some lenses for those spectacles?

Dave, your memory is failing. You are thinking of Ralph's neighbor, Norton.

Steve

 

[RobertBrown]

Robert, you cute little monkey boy. I am so sorry that I had to leave in such a hurry. Please call me if you ever make it out to California.

Madam Ze

I look forward to our next meetng with tepid anticipation.



Ralph C

 

[dave1949]

Dave, your memory is failing. You are thinking of Ralph's neighbor, Norton.

Steve

I'm having a bad night! First my research materials are in disarray, now my memory is flailing.

It's the stress. I request a vacation. It's in my contract.

 

[RobertBrown]

I'm having a bad night! First my research materials are in disarray, now my memory is flailing.

It's the stress. I request a vacation. It's in my contract.

Perhaps you should take a few days off and head south.


I hear New Jersey is nice this time of year.
You can check on the spacetime continuum and report back while you are there.

 

[smstonypoint]

Fellow Scientists:

I offer my most sincere apologies. A "Madam Zelda" and a scofflaw named "Anonymous" have managed to "hack" my TBN userid. Please understand that I have had nothing to do with their nefarious posts to this thread.

Steve

 

[smstonypoint]

I'm having a bad night! First my research materials are in disarray, now my memory is flailing.

It's the stress. I request a vacation. It's in my contract.

The scientific term is "sabbatical leave."

Steve

 

[TomSeller]

The scientific term is "sabbatical leave."

Steve

Hush. We can't do without Dave for that long and risk not solving the pallet mystery.

Per Wikipedia:
Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbat, i.e., Sabbath, literally a "ceasing") is a rest from work, or a break, often lasting from two months to a year. The concept of sabbatical has a source in shmita, described several places in the Bible (Leviticus 25, for example, where there is a commandment to desist from working the fields in the seventh year). In the strict sense, therefore, a sabbatical lasts a year.

 

[dave1949]

Perhaps you should take a few days off and head south.


I hear New Jersey is nice this time of year.
You can check on the spacetime continuum and report back while you are there.

I've heard nobody gets a real vacation anymore.

 

[smstonypoint]

Out of scientific curiosity, I have a question for our Antipodean colleagues.

Do any US television shows air in the Antipodes? I was thinking that the reference to Ralph Kramden and his neighbor, Norton, may have been obscure to you folks. Come to think of it, it may have been obscure to younger members of the US scientific community. See The Honeymooners - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Steve