Re: The price of oil

On 10.10.2022 15.41, Merlyne wrote:
> 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

That young miss Temple has a lot to answer for. Also silly canadians...
Anyway not evertone has a top10 name - there is every reason to believe 
that mine for example has never been particularly popular.

BeH