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We were discussing the topic of yeshiva life and she asked me how I can possibly share a room with three other roommates, “I’d never be able to sleep in the same room as another person, I mean, what if they want the window open and I don’t? Or the other way around? That’s why me and my siblings all have our own rooms”.
(“Now if you’ll hold on for a second while I try to fit my other foot in my mouth as well…”)
Also in BP (Battery Park)- Looking out over the river we saw Ellis Island, and we discussed our ancestors and which ones came through the island. I never heard this term before (I learned about it afterwards) but there is something called yichus briefs, well she brought it up but replaced the “yichus” part with “family”. Without getting into too much detail, let’s just say there were a couple of uncomfortable moments until I realized that her questions must have been referring to something else.
I’ll try to think of some more but this happened many years ago.
I would have paid to have my report card withheld.
What makes you think it was one thing?
It kept getting better.
When I was letting her into the car we saw some of her friends. Being the gentleman that I am I said, “Oh, I’m sorry, I hope you’re not embarrassed”. She said it was fine since she only gets embarrassed when she’s seen with dorks.
Later on we were walking in Battery Park and she saw some more friends. “Oh no”, she said, “I can’t believe I just saw some people I know, I’m soooooo embarrassed!”
Ouch! She couldn’t figure out how to get her foot out and had to hop to the car.
not I-
Good One! I’m glad it worked out in the end.
It reminds me of one of the earlier girls I went out with.
Some friends told me that if you want to go out to eat but you’re not sure if the girl wants to you ask her what time she wants to go out. If it’s before 5:00 or something like that it means that she’ll have a late supper, if she says after 7:30 then she’ll have an early supper, anything in between means that she wants to be taken out for supper.
So in the first phone call I asked the girl what time she wanted to go out. When she told me that 6:00 was fine I asked her if she wanted milchigs or fleishigs. She answered that she doesn’t want to go out to eat, she just wants to schmooze.
The first topic she brought up after I let her into the car was how strange the previous guy she went out with was. After going on and on she said, “You want to hear something else? He wanted to take me out to eat on a first date!”
There was dead silence for a few moments after she realized what she said. Finally she said, “I know you also offered to take me out to eat for our first date, but when you offered I thought it was kind of you.”
It might have been the first time she stuck her foot in her mouth on that date but definitely not the last!
I heard this from a friend who used to think that davening was a tircha.
He said that it came to a point where he felt horrible about himself and after that any day where he didn’t daven with a minyan in the morning was totally wasted as he knew he started it on the wrong foot.
He knew that as hard as it was he had to get up on time and daven properly.
charliehall-
When did you start having conversations on bio-stats?
h2 & popa_bar_abba-
If that is the case then I stand corrected.
Once you hit a certain age it’s more embarrassing to not be dating than to be dating.
My in-laws know Person B.
Person B was trying to convince Person A that paying for cleaning help is a waste as she could do a better job herself.
Person A warned Person B that she will regret it.
She didn’t!
popa_bar_abba-
If a potential couple do the check the date before it starts getting serious (obviously different for every circle, in my circle it was after the shadchan is dropped), it will also eliminate the need for counseling by a rov.
Checking before the first date will be a gross misuse of tzedakka funds, in my opinion, as statistically speaking a first date usually gets nowhere and generally speaking people aren’t too emotionally attached after two or three dates to be devastated.
Like I mentioned above there are cases where blood has to be retested at a great expense where the parties involved don’t even know what is going on in the background.
Of course if you are part of a circle that has different needs then the above doesn’t apply.
But if you are in doubt just give them a call, they’re there to help.
BP Totty-
I know what bungalow colony that happened in- do you go to that one?
I’m not sure what you don’t understand.
After you get a legitimate degree and you apply for a job that you are qualified for- if you previously submitted a bluffed resume you may lose out on that opportunity. Had you not submitted a bluffed resume you may have a good chance at that position.
blinky-
I’d love to meet him somewhere or another but based on his description of his bungalow colony I’d prefer that it not be there.
It’s been many years since I’ve been out of the “parsha” so some of this information might be out of date.
A friend of mine called to check his compatibility with the girl he had gone out with twice. Back then they didn’t give answers on the spot (I’m not sure if they do now), but called back in an hour or so. He got a call later on from a rov who wanted to meet with him. The rov counseled him and gave him advice on how to proceed from there. This could be very time consuming if a rov had to counsel people after a single date.
There are also cases where one party has more tests done than the other and Dor Yeshorim has to go back to do additional testing on the preserved blood sample of the other party. This is a huge expense absorbed by Dor Yeshorim and not passed on to the individual. In many instances the individual doesn’t even know what is going on.
Of course if one is Chassidish they should check before the sit in, otherwise I think people should wait for a few dates. (Or you could always just call Dor Yeshorim and ask them yourselves.)
Just keep one thing in mind- make sure you and your date are on the same page. If you check after the first date your date may be getting the impression that you are ready to get engaged.
brenberk87-
I don’t think it’s fair to overload Dor Yeshorim with all these requests every time a shadchan picks two names out of a hat.
When I was dating my friends and I used to say it should be checked the date before it starts getting serious (which is obviously different in different circles).
There was only one girl that I requested the numbers be checked by- my lovely wife- but there were two girls that requested that my number be checked against theirs. (They probably felt it was more serious than I did.)
BP Totty-
It happened on January 25th 2010, when the building was called 8 Spruce St.
Can’t really say I’m that interested in paying $3,000 a month to live in a cubicle.
(P.S. Let me know if you move in, you sound like a wonderful neighbor to have.)
Not sure if this is true but it’s going around Lakewood.
Guy tells shadchan that he doesn’t have a car and will rent one. Shadchan tells girls father who offers to leave his car near the yeshiva with the keys inside so the guy doesn’t have to rent a car.
Guy comes out of yeshiva looks for the color and model and is horrified that the car is a wreck on the inside. He also noticed that his potential future father-in-law didn’t leave him any gas.
He takes the car for a car wash, thorough vacuuming and fills it with gas. Goes to pick up girl who says that it’s not her fathers car.
Guy has to take car and girl back to yeshiva to find her fathers car. He also finds the Kollel Guy who thought his car was stolen and tries to convince him that the shiny spotless vehicle is his. Kollel Guy explains that he left the keys in the car because he was blocking someones driveway. He wished them luck as they speed off in her fathers car.
If anyone knows the end of the story please post it. ?
Thanks
You seem a little nervous there- did you fudge some info on your YWN moderator application?
BP Totty-
Is that the one where construction material came raining down near city hall one windy morning and they had to close off the street?
Darchei Noam-
You may have missed my post up above. You may have nothing to lose in the short run but you definitely have what to lose in the long run.
Darchei Noam-
Let’s say you send in a resume indicating that you went to University of BLAH BLAH. There are no openings so you don’t get an interview.
Then you actually get a degree from a legitimate place and update your resume indicating that. Now you submit a new resume for a position you are qualified for. They toss it in the garbage because they see that you lied in the past.
BTW- Yes I did submit more than one version but the contents were always true.
squeak-
Plumber?
Darchei Noam-
I think you may be worse off than before.
When I landed an interview with a company one of the interviewers brought a copy of every version of my resume that I ever submitted. (I made updates as I furthered my education and received professional certifications.)
squeak-
I like that idea, can I design a nice mosaic pattern with the tiles? Or do you have something better in mind?
d a-
The only Home Depot I ever went to that has employees like you describe is the one on Hamilton Ave. in Brooklyn and I try to avoid it no matter what.
In New York I go to the one on 23rd St. or to the one in Jersey City (right out of the Holland Tunnel).
I’ve also visited Home Depots in Monsey, Lakewood, Philadelphia, Baltimore and near Far Rockaway (off the Belt, on the way to Far Rockaway), and I was always treated professionally.
Squeak-
I didn’t stick around to give a report, I had to daven.
Assuming that what you think happened is what actually happened- does that belong in a Kiddush Hashem thread?
Thanks Squeak,
I think I’m going to have to print this up.
(Too much to remember.)
I saw two boys at Maariv last night, they walked in with their father and they looked exactly alike.
They told me that even though they share the same parents and date of birth they are not twins.
How is that possible?
(I’m supposed to give them the answer tonight, please help.)
Can I take a shot at this?
They are in alphabetical order.
Eight
Five
Four
One
Nine
Seven
Six
Ten
Three
Two
Zero
Sometimes it’s just better to leave the end of the story to your imagination.
Not a joke- it really happened.
I was walking to shul with some of my brothers one Shabbos when a car came driving a little too fast, ran a red and slammed into another car. A lot of Frum people ran over to make sure everyone was OK.
The car that was hit was driven by a middle aged man with his wife. He had some Anti-Semitic stuff to say and told us to get away.
The car that ran the red was driven by a young, quick talking guy. He said he felt alright but asked if we could wait there with him until help arrived. The whole time he was thanking us for our time and letting us know how much he appreciated us setting aside our differences of religious beliefs and political opinions…
Finally the cops came and asked him what happened.
“I was driving along, maybe I was going a little faster than I normally would since the streets were empty, but then that guy ran a red and I hit him. Look- I have 15 witnesses who saw what happened…”
I normally stay away from threads like this so that I don’t offend anyone. If anyone does take offence please forgive me retroactively.
A teacher of mine in high school once told us that everyone in the world is discriminated against one way or another. The example he gave regarding himself was that he wasn’t allowed to be a fighter pilot in the U.S.A.F. because he was over 6’6″ and couldn’t fit into the cockpit!
Growing up my parents always taught us to have the utmost respect for Baalei Teshuva. In my fathers words- “They are on a level that we can’t even come close to”. My kids got to see this first hand over this past three day Yom Tov when my parents saved the best food and nicest China and cutlery for the seuda where we had guests who were Baalei Teshuva.
When my brothers and I were dating my parents politely told shadchanim that they would only consider girls whose ancestors have always been frum- the reason being that a kohain can not marry a challal and if he does his children can not do the avodah and are not considered kohanim.
Take a simple case where a non-frum couple got divorced and she got remarried to a kohain. Their children are challalim and can not marry kohanim. (And this is in the case where we’re assuming that the divorce was done properly- think about what the parameters change to if it wasn’t done properly!)
Although this may be very rare, I do know of one family where this happened and their children are not kohanim.
There are many silly things out there but I agree with my parents for taking this seriously.
We gave different legal names to two of our children who have Hebrew names that contain a “Ches”, but they never go by that name except when they’re at the doctor. Of course that will change once they get older and need to fill out legal documents.
Here’s a story that I found amusing-
Shortly after my son turned three we went for a walk and the wind blew his yarmulka off without him realizing it. I called his name to get his attention and then a voice from behind me said, “Hey Chaim, your yarmulka fell off”.
I turned around to see that it was an African American who said it. He had a smirk on his face so I asked him how he was able to pronounce it.
“During the week I’m the bus driver in a Hasidic school. The kids always ask me to stop by their Shteeble on Shabbos for some cholent and a L’Chaim.”
Mosh3-
Here’s one for you-
Let’s say you have a table with equal distant parallel lines running the length of the table.
You randomly drop a pencil onto the table.
What are the chances of the pencil hitting a line?
Extra Credit- If the length of the pencil is shorter than the distance between two consecutive lines- what famous constant will you estimate?
(No asking Squeak or I can only try.)
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I’m at work and I don’t know off hand what kind of shaver I have but my brother bought it for me and sent it to the Star-K to have it checked. One of the Rabbonim who works there checks them for free. According to this Rov (who works under Rabbi Heineman), even within the same model some shavers are kosher and some are not, it all depends on the blades that are put in at the factory.
As a piece of advice- the way lift and cut works is that there are two parts to each blade- one to lift the hair and one to cut it. If one attempts to remove part of the blade without a special tool the blade may get bent and won’t turn properly. Of the previous shaver which wasn’t kosher I had a jeweler cut off the extra pieces.
I can only try
There were some 1964 Peace Dollars minted for circulation in 1965 although they were never actually released for circulation.
WellInformedYid-
I don’t deduct it from maaser.
Whatever the standard of living is for the owner- the fact is that he never asks anyone to pay their bill, and some people never do.
Was it Ben Franklin on the Franflin Half Dollar?
Feif Un-
We have the same issue by us.
I haven’t investigated what goes on but if I had to guess I would think that the prices are double so that those who pay also pay for those that purchase on credit but never pay.
My wife and I both feel that it is a perfect way to give tzedakka in the neighborhood to friends and family with out us knowing who it goes to and without them knowing who it’s coming from.
blinky-
No, sorry, I was talking to Squeak.
We seem to be having a disconnect somewhere and I was hoping to get it resolved before I leave for the day.
Nice to meet you again.
(Have you heard from Sholom recently?)
Did that answer your question?
The value of e can be derived in a number of ways.
By definition, substituting a large number for x into (1 + 1/x)^x will give you an approximation.
Using a Taylor Series will give you =>
e = 1/0! + 1/1! + 1/2! + 1/3! ….
Obviously the more terms in the infinite series you use, the better the approximation.
(x! = x * (x – 1) * (x – 2) … * 3 * 2 * 1)
Squeak-
I’d love to answer your question but I honestly don’t understand it.
Can you try explaining it in different words?
squeak-
Take compound interest for example:
Compounded once per year => (1 + 1/1)^1
Compounded twice per year => (1 + 1/2)^2
Compounded three times per year => (1 + 1/3)^3
Compounded four times per year => (1 + 1/4)^4
Compounded twelve per year => (1 + 1/12)^12
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Compounded continuously => (1 + 1/x)^x as x goes to infinity.
By the way, we already discussed this way back in the olden days when ICOT asked me to teach him Cramer’s Rule.
I don’t mind going there but I was trying to keep this thread on a high school level.