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you're not known as troll stupidman without reason....Roll On t'Floor Laughing Arse My Off?
The opposite of "material" is "immaterial" meaning "unimportant".Tim said:But they *don't* "say the same thing" !!
If they did, they'd have the same meaning! (which they don't)
OK. With the first, we don't know whether material things *need* to beTroy said:The opposite of "material" is "immaterial" meaning "unimportant".
Bearing that in mind Tim perhaps you'd explain how:
"Anything unimportant need not be shown"
...differs from...
"Anything material *must* be shown"
Well, everyone knows that a cup/glass/bowl(whatever) is almost alwaysIn the same way that "half full"
differs from "half empty" ...
Almost always? Suppose half of it had a solid in it and half of it hadTim said:OK. With the first, we don't know whether material things *need* to be
shown or not - whereas we do with the second.
Similarly, with the second, we don't know whether or not unimportant things
need not be shown - whereas we do with the first.
Well, everyone knows that a cup/glass/bowl(whatever) is almost always
"totally full".
It's just that half might have a liquid in it, and half might have a gas
(air)!
Come off it. I'll bet you've never seen a glass like that. There isTroy said:Almost always? Suppose half of it had a solid in it and half of it had
a vacuum in it. Then it would truly be half full and half empty.
Actually we've got a vacuum, the wife usually[1] uses it around the house.Come off it. I'll bet you've never seen a glass like that. There is
no such thing as a vacuum, just gas at exceedingly low pressure.
Yes!Almost always?
Exactly - that's why I said: " *almost* always " !!Suppose half of it had a solid in it and half of it had a
vacuum in it. Then it would truly be half full and half empty.
If she's married to you there are three vacuums in your house: the oneDoobieDo said:Actually we've got a vacuum, the wife usually[1] uses it around the house.Come off it. I'll bet you've never seen a glass like that. There is
no such thing as a vacuum, just gas at exceedingly low pressure.
Dozens of times. Shall I list them out?Tim said:Yes!
Exactly - that's why I said: " *almost* always " !!
As a matter oif interest, how often have you come across a cup/glass/bowl
with a *vacuum* in half of it?
Just describe as many as you feel able!Tim said:Dozens of times. Shall I list them out?
Cups is easy. Glass I might put togethr in easy-to-read instalments.Tim said:Just describe as many as you feel able!
Three vacuums ?If she's married to you there are three vacuums in your house: the one
the wife uses to clean the dust and the one you both use to whisper
sweet nothings!
If it's so easy, why haven't you mentioned any?Tim said:Cups is easy...
On the earliest occasion I was a young man and had just bought my firstTim said:If it's so easy, why haven't you mentioned any?
I think we should henceforth refer as "doing a Troy" to the actTroy said:Cups is easy. Glass I might put togethr in easy-to-read instalments.
Bowls - it depends whether we include Ronald's definition of a vacuum:
"gas at exceedingly low pressure"?
Allow me to congratulate you on your entertaining prosaic style, andTroy said:On the earliest occasion I was a young man and had just bought my first
steam-powered hyper-condensing vacuum cleaner from Gamages. Our kitchen
pantry had a weak patent hinge at that time. On the shelf where the
cups were stored someone had placed a bag of Atrixo. The ironing board
folded down out of the wall...
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