Re: The price of oil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 08.10.2022 16.30, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> 
>>> On 06.10.2022 20.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>>
>>>>> On 04.10.2022 13.41, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 03.10.2022 14.04, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 02.10.2022 13.12, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> when I was at uni, I got a job one summer working with a
>>>>>>>>>>>> psychology lab. I was basically a guinea pig for the
>>>>>>>>>>>> summer. It paid really well. I got to work with a hypnotist
>>>>>>>>>>>> which adult me is now nervous about. One of the experiments
>>>>>>>>>>>> they also did was to assess how alcohol impairs one's
>>>>>>>>>>>> brain. I had to take a standard IQ test and then have a
>>>>>>>>>>>> drink and then take another IQ test etc. My scores kept
>>>>>>>>>>>> getting better up to and including the 3rd drink but after
>>>>>>>>>>>> that, it was chaos.I'm not a psychologist, but I can see
>>>>>>>>>>>> that drunk people wouldn't give a shit about taking a
>>>>>>>>>>>> stupid test. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ...or not being able to read the instructions. The getting
>>>>>>>>>>> better with each test is a thing, though. Being familiar
>>>>>>>>>>> with the type of problem the tests contains helps
>>>>>>>>>>> significantly. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> At work, I have to go through second language assessment
>>>>>>>>>> every 5 years to supervise since I'm not fully bilingual. The
>>>>>>>>>> reading and writing tests are multiple guess exams. When in
>>>>>>>>>> doubt, pick B. They have these workshops to prepare for the
>>>>>>>>>> exams which is basically doing practice tests all day.
>>>>>>>>>> Eventually patterns appear.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Patterns of the language I hope - not just patterns of when to
>>>>>>>>> pick B. Or you could - and this is only a suggestion - learn
>>>>>>>>> french and subject yourself to it from time to time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have been subjected to it my whole life.  They even teach it
>>>>>>>> in school. I have been on language training about a gazillion
>>>>>>>> times. Some people just have trouble learning languages. I am
>>>>>>>> one of those people.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quelle malheur ma chère...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Google translate?
>>>>>
>>>>> Noeh, but I did check the spelling of malheur...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J'ai réussi à les examens requise pour superviser.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (I see I need to find out how to set my newreader to UTF-8)
>>>>>> (And no, I didn't use an app to translate that)
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course not - you're canadian.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well I flunked french in "high school". If not for that I might
>>>>>>> have become a lawyer...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, it appears that you do like to argue..
>>>>>
>>>>> Only when someone else is wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess everything does stay on your permanent record.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's what permanent means, innit.
>>>>
>>>> *inobvious eye roll*
>>>>
>>>> I meant that level of granularity.
>>>>
>>>>> No, it meant that my grade average (from 0-13 ATT) was 0,1 to low
>>>>> to get accepted at Copenhagen Uni. that year.
>>>>>
>>>> I am unfamiliar with your school system and grading system.
>>>
>>> Not to worry, so am I - they chanced it (again) since I went to
>>> school. I only mentioned it to show that the my average was just 1%
>>> below the admittance criteria.
>>>
>>>> At our high school, we got measured in percentages.
>>>> I should go find my old report cards. My Mom gave them to me when I
>>>> got a place of my own. A bunch had comments like "she should try
>>>> harder". I already had an A. No wonder people thinks most teachers
>>>> wouldn't register a blip on a catscan...
>>>
>>> There was an A+ or A* to shoot for, shirley
>>>
>> 
>> Doctor: "I'm not sure why your 8 year old has an ulcer"
> 
> At least you're not japanese...

Yes..

> 
>> Surely I've told you not to call me shirley in the past.
> 
> Maybe your teacher had an other pupil who should try harder. A pupil 
> named Shirley.
> 

If I was in school in the 1940s, maybe.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/top5names.html