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  • #1081205
    kapusta
    Participant

    does that by any chance mean I’m becoming a mod?

    I haven’t heard anything in the rumor mill about it…80

    Come to think of it, I’m not sure that the mods ever gave me a grad present.

    *kapusta*

    #1081206
    mepal
    Member

    Soooo maybe if you listen again, you’ll notice that it was really the pipe leaking and NOT me.

    #1081207
    kapusta
    Participant

    lol, but it stopped as soon as you said you stopped. I think thats good proof. sorry, buddy.

    *kapusta*

    #1081208
    squeak
    Participant

    mepal, nowhere does it say you are exempt. He said the new posters will be outfitted, and older posters will be expempt. He said nothing about younger posters.

    #1081209

    squeak:

    Actually older posters will be pempt

    In time they may petition to become expempt, but this is not always granted.

    #1081210
    mepal
    Member

    ok. Now we have a real kasha on the gemarah. Does the term “older poster” refer to the actual age of the poster or does it refer to the length of time the poster posted in the CR.

    According to Reb squeak, he feels it depends on the age of the poster. Although for him, it really shouldn’t matter since he actually IS chronologically old AND he’s been here for a while.

    Acoording to Rebbetzin mepal, she feels it depends on the amount of time the particular poster posted for. Since she feels she was here long enough, and might be exempt, although, she really DOES want the ‘outfitting’.

    Maybe we should call the Rosh in to help us solve this svara.

    (does that mean ‘problem’?)

    #1081211

    Older refers to the amount of time since originally registering. We always Poskin like Rava in Machloches with Abaaye except in 6 cases. This isn’t one of the six.

    #1081212
    mepal
    Member

    which one is Rava? Me or squeak? Me-pal I guess!

    #1081214
    squeak
    Participant

    This isn’t a case of yiush?

    #1081215
    kapusta
    Participant

    what about rabbanit kapustas opinion?

    *kapusta*

    #1081216
    mepal
    Member

    Oh holy cow! Just put the name rebbetzin or rabanit in front of your name, give a psak and presto! You got smicha! So what are the choshuva rebetzins opinion on the matter?

    Whooops, I was supposed to ask squeak first, before I gave my opinion. Uh oh.

    so R’ squeak, what would the psak be if the case is one of yiush?

    #1081217
    squeak
    Participant

    If the rebbetzin would be kind enough to elucidate, I would humbly ask what slang? Anyway, I saw my typo and edited it, but the Noderator decided to change it back.

    mepal, svara is reasoning, or a theory. The word you were looking for is chakira, or klehr.

    #1081218

    not yiush sh’lo mi’das

    #1081219
    squeak
    Participant

    all yiush is she’lo mida’as….

    #1081220
    mepal
    Member

    squeak, I’m really bad at these terms lol, 80/squeak would you care to explain??

    #1081221
    squeak
    Participant

    ames, I sure hope not. You better have misunderstood.

    #1081222
    mepal
    Member

    ames, I think the word yiush is a real one. Read it Yee ush.

    #1081223
    squeak
    Participant

    mepal – yiush she’lo mida’as is the first of the 6 places in shas where we pasken like Abayyei over Rava.

    Yiush is when someone who lost an object gives up on finding it.

    Yiush she’lo mida’as is where the person would have given up, but hasn’t had the chance yet. The question is if this is considered as if he gave up.

    #1081224

    mepal

    If you find a lost object that has qualities that the original owner will despair (yiush) of ever getting it back when he knows about its loss (no identifiable markings, etc), but it’s the kind of thing that the owner may not yet know has been lost (eg something not valuable or heavy that he would be immediately be aware of its loss) but when he finds out it is lost he WILL despair, then if you pick it up, can you keep it? Machlokes Abaaye and Rava. HERE we Poskin like Abaaye.

    #1081225
    mepal
    Member

    Thanks squeak. So as per your first question – if this isn’t yiush – I wouldnt think so being that I havent lost anything 😉

    #1081226
    mepal
    Member

    Thanks for explaining, 80. What are the other five? maybe we can find something else correlating to our problems?

    #1081227

    I don’t know the other 5. Two of them are one after the other in Sanhedrin, something to do with witnesses, I believe.

    #1081228
    squeak
    Participant

    Ya’al K’Gam (Yud Eyin Lamed Chaf Gimmel Mem)

    Yud alludes to Yiush (despair) without knowledge that the object was lost; it is not considered Yiush.

    Ayin alludes to Edim Zomemim (they are disqualified retroactively).

    Lamed alludes to Lechi (a vertical post to permit carrying in an alley,

    Kuf alludes to a halacha in the sugya of Kidushin.

    Gimel alludes to Giluy Da’as (showing desire) to nullify a Get.

    Mem alludes to Mumar (a wanton sinner) who sins to fulfill his desires (not to anger Hash-m).

    Actually, there are two other possibilities for the Lamed, bringing the total to 8, but for some reason it’s always counted as 6.

    #1081230
    mepal
    Member

    uh, I dont think I’m up to the challenge. I’m not proficient enough with these gemara terms.

    Squeak, WHAAT?

    #1081231
    squeak
    Participant

    mepal, what’s not clear?

    #1081232
    mepal
    Member

    Well, NOW that you explain it all 😉

    #1081233
    kapusta
    Participant

    Does anyone know of a good (safe) site that sells shoes other than zappos, shoes, shoemall, endless…?

    *kapusta*

    #1081234
    Jax
    Member

    i think this thread shows proof that squeak vs mepal is the new squeak vs ames now! ;-))

    #1081235
    mepal
    Member

    eh, mister squeak, the Fn+tab did not work. I’m holding off executing the key all together for now.

    Does anyone else know how to disable the Fn key on a Dell laptop? ICOT? Are you there?

    #1081236
    squeak
    Participant

    Jax – deigeh nischt chabibi!

    #1081237
    squeak
    Participant

    mepal, sorry, I didn’t think it would unless it is a Toshiba. They have a Fnesse program. I’m sure every other company has a different program that controls the Fn key. If you can figure out what it is you can remove it or disable it.

    Did you check the start menu for the program? That would help. You don’t have to change anything if you’re not comfortable doing so, you could just look.

    #1081238
    mepal
    Member

    squeak, coming from a yekkish background, I know I should really be able to translate that on my own. But…can you help me out anyways? I think it might mean something I should know 😉

    #1081239
    mepal
    Member

    If you can figure out what it is you can remove it or disable it.

    That’s exactly my problem! Thats why I came here, I cant figure it out.

    I’m gonna try with the start menu tonight and see what happens.

    #1081240

    mepal-

    Sorry, I don’t know how to disable a Dell’s “fn” key.

    This is the type of thing that is manufacturer-specific and may even be model-specific.

    A couple of suggestions:

    1) Google “disable Fn key Dell laptop”. I tried this and a few links came up with suggestions. The very first link looked promising.

    2) Call Dell. Their CSR’s are generally helpful, knowledgeable, and understandable.

    #1081241
    mepal
    Member

    ICOT, thanks! I think I got my answer. I’ll try it tonight and let you all know if it works!

    #1081242
    Joseph
    Participant

    mepal: “squeak, coming from a yekkish background, I know I should really be able to translate that on my own.”

    A characteristic shared with squeak.

    ICOT: “2)Call Dell. Their CSR’s are generally helpful, knowledgeable, and understandable.”

    That’s news to me. It was true once; but the Indians took over.

    #1081243
    squeak
    Participant

    Joseph – didn’t I tell you at the mikveh last Friday not to believe everything ROB accused me of?

    #1081244
    mepal
    Member

    Must’ve been the other Joseph you told.

    #1081245
    Joseph
    Participant

    squeak – it was something you were moida to!

    #1081246
    squeak
    Participant

    ROTFLMKO

    #1081247
    Joseph
    Participant

    squeak – it was after you’re seventh dunk. I have it video!

    #1081248
    mepal
    Member

    Bottom line, google and Microsofts translator couldn’t help. Squeaky wasn’t helping either. So I found out some other way! Either way, which one of us shouldn’t worry?!?

    #1081249

    Joseph-

    I remember a few years ago Dell outsourced (some?) corporate support to India, and then had to return it to the U.S. because of problems.

    My experience has been good.

    #1081250
    Joseph
    Participant

    ICOT: Sounds more likely to be the router CSR. I’ve never encountered foreign reps with any major telco. How was your B-I-L better able to understand?

    #1081251
    squeak
    Participant

    Joseph – nischt geshtoigen, nischt gefloigen. I’ve said no such thing. I think you are recollecting past CR events erroneously. ROB asked me (a year ago), and I said no. areivim assumed, but since I was not asked I did not reply.

    mepal – I was telling jax not to worry so much about me. It’s nice of him to keep track for me, but completely unnecessary. In any case, I don’t feel the need to replace friends, as I prefer to collect stackable friends.

    #1081252
    Joseph
    Participant

    squeak – I was thinking of when you mentioned you have yekkish family. But indeed you never said you are of yekkish background.

    #1081253
    mepal
    Member

    My question was if I should worry about the squeak v. mepal part. lol

    #1081254

    Joseph-

    How was your B-I-L better able to understand?

    I have no idea, but I gratefully accepted his help.

    Some people are just better at languages and/or deciphering accents.

    I work with people who have Russian, Chinese, Israeli, Indian, Pakastini, Philipino, English, Irish, South African and many more accents, but this particular CSR was the champ as far as unintelligibility goes.

    #1081255
    squeak
    Participant

    Joseph, I don’t like playing this game anymore. Feel free to post any hunches you may have about me, but don’t pretend that I mentioned something.

    #1081256
    mepal
    Member

    Calm down, squeak. This is not good for your BP.

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