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  1. 1 hour ago, fredk said:

    Thanks. That makes sense. Cricket, the insect, is rare in N.I. but not the game. I suppose the closest here to that saying is 'hearing the fairies whispering

    My experience with cricket the game is limited but I know enough to say it’s a poor simile to use for quiet! Our other similar expression would be to say it’s so quiet you could hear a pin drop. I like fairies whispering though.

    We often use crickets in situations (like this) where we’re talking about some kind of response that was expected, but instead of that response all you hear is crickets chirping. The focus is less on overall quiet and more on lack of expected response.


  2. Drove 10 hours each way to go camping in far SE Oregon for two nights with my 14 year old earlier this month. Worth every minute of the drive to spend time together. Didn’t feel like summertime at night with the wind blowing across the dry lakebed but 70 and sunshine during the day was glorious.

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  3. 10 hours ago, battlemunky said:

    Totally, yes. But if we all got on board, it'd all phase out eventually. I'm getting close to not needing to care (retirement is 16 years away) but I'd still take on the extra burden. The fact is that there are so many people that think it is hard to do when fractions (not tenths, like metric) are wayyyy harder. 

    While we're at it, lets stop springing forward and falling back. *yells at cloud*

    :16: This. All of this.

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