Oh Teacher,I am having a hard time to lock in my concentration lately.I seem to have to watch your videos at least 2 or 3 times before really getting the full meaning of what you are teaching! I try to look at your face and really listen to you intentively so I get it right the first time, but when something pops up on the screen somewhere I look and then get distracted and have to scan over my Hot teachers lovely body! Any suggestions?
Thank you
I don’t know if others have had a LOCK OF HAIR from someone who once was very dear and then some how… it drifted away… or you were “duped” into believing something would last forever.
Here’s a classic Gordon Lightfoot song… a world famous folk singer and a great song writer.
Wow, look at all the drug related comments… Adding to it now.. I have just noticed my mums stuffing tastes like pot! Now i am faced with the choice. smoke stuffing or hash.
So, okay, I have a stinker of a word to ask about. I don’t know if it’s in good taste or not, probably isn’t. What kind of word is fart? I mean is it descriptive? Like the first time i heard this word, nard I knew what they meant.
Yes, you are correct Big “L”….but not Macademia, or Cashew nuts. Not even Walnuts. Not Pistachios, nor Leechi Nuts, or even hex nuts. I would mention what kind of nuts, but I don’t have the huevos to be so bold to speak of such sensitive and rude things.
I finally figured out that mousing over the cocomment bar thing at the bottom of these post/reply boxes was causing the pesky “about coComment” to jump up into My way! LOL. After I learned to “X-out” of it to get rid of it,,then,,the darn “X” option isn’t there anymore!,,it was replaced by the “menu” arrow..I reeeeallly dislike that thing but see no way to get rid of it,,what the heck am I missing here?
a lock is also used in shipping. when you raise or lower a ship in canals. like the in the great lakes there are some 40 – 50 locks that a ship has to go through…
I dunno,but,could that also be related to “loch”-meaning “lake” in Scottish? Like “Loch Ness Monster”. Or would it just mean that the doors lock shut to fill as it lifts a boat?
You know,like “Lock and Dam” system,,least that’s what they call them on the northern 1/2 of the Mississippi,used to regulate river height and allow the passage of barges and boats.
I like to use combo locks, because while I am not as hot for numbers as I am for words, I am still hot for numbers to a degree.. Also, anything that will help improve memory I want to do.. good for the neuro-pathways you know…
Since the election has dominated the news lately, how about the word “Poll?” It’s an English word that once meant “head”, hence the name poll tax for a per-person tax. However, in the United States, the term has come to be used almost exclusively for a fixed tax applied to voting. Since “going to the polls” is a common idiom for voting (deriving from the fact that early voting involved head-counts), a new folk etymology has supplanted common knowledge of the phrase’s true origins in America.
Marina, since you are back from Hawaii, I have perfect word request for your trip and next video, FUN, can you think of a better word about your last trip SHOW THE LOVE
I’d like to make a word request. “Alaska” I understand its Russian in origin but what is it derived from and what does it mean. I live in Alaska and I’m understandably curious.
Thanks
In French we use the Germanic root LOK in LOQUET “locket”. Concerning the LOCK of hair we use the word BOUCLE “buckle”.
But what about WEDLOCK Marina !!!
Homework: I prefer the “three lock box” variety, as described in a quote by Sammy Hagar (from Wikipedia)…
“It’s got to do with deep sea diving, when you look for a buried treasure. The ultimate treasure would be a sunken treasure with three locks on it, because that means it was the most valuable stuff that the queen had on that ship. And you need three different guys with keys to open it, that way no one could steal it. So a ‘Three Lock Box’ to me is within yourself. If you unlock the treasure of your physical, and your mental and your spiritual potential – those three in balance – you are a real human being and almost godly.”
Just like you, Marina…almost godly! How many keys does it take to unlock your potential?
I notice that you have this new google advertising at the bottom of your videos.
I have google adsense set up for my website. How do I add these google ads to my bike art You Tube videos?
I like to request the word Apocalypse, I hire it a lot these day. Therese the possibility of a depression, and a lot of people believe that the world will end on December 21 2012. Now I know the the word Apocalypse in Greek means “lifting of the veil” is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. But why is it Today the term is often used to refer to the end of the world, which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means “revelation at the end of the æon, or age”.
I would imagine that the preposted answers are prepared by Marina herself, or at least, by her direction and at her approval. if you have further questions, please feel free to post them here, or directly to Marina in the ‘Contacts’ tab at the top of the page – She answers these questions directly and promptly (has been my experience). Ceveat: questions posted here (in the current lesson, with replies from fellow students) may result in either a: serious replies, b: tongue-in-cheek replies or c: both, leaving you to sort them out.
Marina always answers serious inquiries in the contact department promptly, directly, and (most importantly) sincerely.
love to lock you in my room clicked on link for calanders no luck where can i get them like bout 25 or more want to pass them on in military base xxooxxoo
The word I’m wondering about is FRECKLE , although your piercing blue eyes are two of your best features, I’ve noticed you have a few freckles. Of course they come from being in the sun, but where does the word originate from?
Marina, when I was on Oahu, I drove all around exploring. One day I saw this white egg-shaped object on the shoulder in the red gravel. I got out and found that it was a milk-glass doorknob from an old mortise lock. The quarter-inch-square shaft had been reduced to 1/16″ by rust, so it had been out in the open for years and years, possibly since the 1800’s. I still have it as a souvenir.
So there you have my recommendation for the remainder of your vacation — just get in a car, drive the back roads aimlessly and, if you see something white on the side of the road, get out and pick it up.
I prefer a biometric lock myself, unless you lose a finger you are pretty much covered.What about the lock ships travel through as they make their way down a canal?
I like the locks on chastity belts They begin as mental/emotional combination locks of course,,containing-smiles,light touches,maybe a timely joke/wink,kisses,more touching,eye contact,etc,,,then,,,if the combination was correct,they want the key inside *fast* before the time runs out and I need to start the combination all over again,but,it might need to be in a different sequence for the next try
Марина, I sometimes have bad dreams in which I am back in school and I can’t remember my combination lock number. Of course in these dreams, I come to the realization that I already have graduated university, so I ask myself why I am still in school?
I haven’t yet had a dream in which you appear, though.
Bravo, mijj … I’d kiss you myself on her behalf, but I understand that it just wouldn’t be the same… , and prolly would fail to produce the prince that you are and that M certainly deserves to have in her life.
?imaginary? I would beg to differ, sir! I think you would be a finer companion to Marina than most of the others here at HFW, certainly to include myself! IMHO, Prince -ness, -dom, -ocity, -ousness, etc. depends not so necessarily on pedigree, but rather moreso on personality, and would lean to the idea that Our Dear Teacher would, should she peer deep enough, certainly agree emphatically. I am curious to see her actual thoughts on the matter, should she choose to reply…
Married at age twelve? I think not… She’s just patiently waiting for a guy like you to slip in under her female-intuitional radar and knock her socks (among other things) off and start a lifetime of wedded bliss. Think of it: the MIJJ-117 Stealth Bomber
every action has a reaction … if you do a direct push you get direct resistance!
you must use the principle of .. erm … what’sit called … erm … that stuff to do with gyroscopes .. erm .. precession!! .. which results in the reaction being perpendicular (almost) to the action.
It follows from this that a torque T applied perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and therefore perpendicular to L, results in a rotation about an axis perpendicular to both T and L. This motion is called precession.
… look what you did .. you made me give away my secret!
Sorry, friend… I experience the same problem Doctor Nash {q.v. “A Beautiful Mind”}had with being direct with ppl… as opposed to the normal tangential approach more commonly recognised, and (most importantly) more commonly accepted…
(I only wish I had a link at hand to the scene in the movie…)
I grew up in cold war USA, and the only ‘weird’ thing I found in the movie was the discovery that some of the carachters existed only in Nash’s mind… …and being astonished at his wife’s tenacious love for him throughout the whole ordeal. I have yet to experience such devotion to myself, but have several times in my past offered it to others. Maybe, some day…{sigh}…
ah ..so .. you have a chivalric nature .. but we don’t live in chivalric times. I guess the chivalry has to be taken a step into abstraction so’s it’s hidden and won’t frighten people.
Eew, I do not think I did that well.
60% independent
50% idealistic
30% intimate
70 % indulgent
Oh, this looks better. I have a healer’s heart. I am very altruistic; that’s cool
These tests are not scientifically produced, and for entertainment purposes only. Is only the type of fun we engage in here at HFW while playing the fool with one another, awaiting another lesson from Our Dear Teacher
I prefer key locks. However, in certain situations, a combination lock is better. Like in a gym, where you would lock your locker and go exercise or shower. It would be a convenience not to have to carry a key.
Homework: prefer keylocks, only because I can safely lock my keys inside them Actually, I really think it matters not, because locks exist only to keep honest ppl honest. A hacksaw can violate either in seconds, a bolt cutter in A second. An honest person would resort to neither hacksaws nor bolt cutters, …so.. I think you take my meaning.
This test’s goal is to determine the true nature of your heart – your heart’s heart. Unlike the many personality tests out there, this test will determine how you best like to feel and love, rather than how you think and perceive. There are no right or wrong answers or good or evil results. This test will determine how your heart prefers to love, and also provide you with which hearts you should pursue romantically, and which traits you might want to avoid.
The Healer’s Heart
Independent, Realistic, Passionate, Indulgent
You are the most altruistic of hearts, the Healer’s Heart. You are realistic in your approach to love and value your independence. At the same time you are very passionate about love and want to do whatever in your power to make things run smoothly. You will relieve whatever pain you can in your mate. At the same time, you recognize the need to be there for others as well. Still, you will always be there for your mate and will never hurt them if you can help it.
Matches for the Healer’s Heart:
The Lonely Heart
The Lonely Heart wants to be loved, but may not know how to go about it. Your healing nature will bring out the hidden aspects of their heart and you will appreciate their intimate nature and need for love, and associate with their realistic views and want for harmony.
The Broken Heart
The Broken Heart needs to be loved, which is fine with you, but they also can be a bit quarrelsome, something you may not like. But your healing nature should help them with this, and your independent nature can allow you to give them the space they need to cool off. Ultimately, you will find it very rewarding to be the one to mend the Broken Heart, and you will come to cherish them.
The Heart of Gold
Independent, Idealistic, Intimate, Indulgent
Matches for the Heart of Gold:
The Slave to Emotions
The Slave to Emotions values all your ideals of love, but is more dependent on it than you are. This if okay for you, because though you’re independent, you also want to be loved and being loved so much makes you happy. The Slave will definitely appreciate you for loving them, and you will appreciate them in the same way, making for a very strong match.
The Heart on Sleeve
The Heart on Sleeve is idealistic and intimate, just as you, but desire love and is more prone to want conflict. But being the loving type that you are, you can put up with this,k as you know their true nature, and will come to respect them for not holding back their true emotions.
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so .. whew .. we’re not competing for the same types!
Compared to other takers
56/100 You scored 50% on Independent, higher than 56% of your peers. 52/100 You scored 60% on Idealistic, higher than 52% of your peers. 78/100 You scored 80% on Intimate, higher than 78% of your peers. 82/100 You scored 90% on Indulgent, higher than 82% of your peers. How everyone did
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Your result for The Heart Test …
Slave to Emotions
You are 50% Independent, 60% Idealistic, 80% Intimate, and 90% Indulgent!
The Slave to Emotions
Dependent, Idealistic, Intimate, Indulgent
You are the most emotional of hearts, the Slave to Your Emotions. You crave love, and have high standards for love. You are very intimate and value harmony with a mate. Sometimes you may feel that you are over-emotional and see this as a curse at times, because you are so emotionally-charged, and you so greatly desire love. You might want to break the emotional chains that bind you, but find that the ideals of love and intimacy are firmly shackled to you and cannot be severed.
Matches for the Slave to Emotions:
The Bleeding Heart
The Bleeding Heart is idealistic and indulgent as you are, and just as love-needy, making for lots of shared common ground. You’ll also find the Bleeding Heart to be more passionate and fun-loving, something that at first might turn you off, but you will find this will provide a perfect balance to your intimate nature.
The Heart of Gold
The Heart of Gold values harmony and unity just as you do, and shares your ideals of love and intimacy, but is more independent. The Heart of Gold will never leave you and always be there to love you, and this above all else you will appreciate. The Heart of Gold’s loving nature will make you feel as if you have found someone to help carry your rattling emotional chains, and that they are glad to do it.
The Patron Saint’s Heart
The Patron Saint’s Heart craves love just as you do and value harmony and togetherness as well, but is more down-to-earth and passionate than you. However, you will value these more sensual qualities, and the Patron Saint’s more protective and loving nature will make you feel loved needed, something value greatly.
Your exact opposite is The Lord’s Heart.
Avoid Explicits when possible. They’re open and frank nature is contrary to yours. You may also want to avoid Independents unless they have other qualities you seek to balance them out, as you are a person who craves closeness with another person.
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You are 50% Independent, 70% Idealistic, 60% Intimate, and 50% Indulgent!
Heart on Sleeve
The Heart on Sleeve
Dependent, Idealistic, Intimate, Explicit
You are the most brazen of hearts, the Heart on Sleeve. You are highly emotional and idealistic, and crave love, but are candid and forthcoming. You are not one to hide your emotions, and couldn’t even if you tried. You know what you want from love, and believe in the ideals of love over the sensuality of it. You are all about love in its purest form and aren’t afraid to broadcast it or to express your desire for it.
Matches for the Heart on Sleeve:
The Heart of Gold
The Heart of Gold shares your loving qualities, but also values harmony and independence. The Heart of Gold will always be there for you, and you will respect their intimate nature and ability not to be taken aback by your candid and plain nature. You will find they share the same ideals of love that you do, as well as a value of your relationship as a whole.
The Lively Heart
The Lively Heart shares the same ideals of love as you, but is more passionate in expressing it. The Lively Heart is just as forthcoming as you, but independtent enough to not be bothered by it, lessening the clash of personalities. You will find the Lively Heart to be energetic and fun, as well as deep and complex.
I tried to take the test, but found it was loaded with faulty questions. One or two wouldn’t have been a problem. This one is one after another, after another. “If you could be a flower, what kind would you be?” I’d rather be a vegetable, I guess…
Hey! It’s lolacocacola! Hey teacher I have a WORD REQUEST: for the word ” football” please right back and I don’t really understand why it’s called that anyways because you use your hand in football. I think soccer should be football and football soccer, right back and leave a response video! Thanks teacher, you rock!
yes .. cos he always had a fag (=cig) hanging from his mouth. So, being if one was selfish and hanged (hung?) onto the joint instead of passing it round like etiquette in the olden days demanded, then one was “bogarting” that joint.
Knowing where the LOCK comes from I told my brother to lock his cargo, put it in his car, and go.
but where did the word CARGO come from? and where is it going?
Although I met a guy in the army, who CLAIMED that he knew how to pick combination locks. He said that back when he was in basic training, he would one night get up and switch around combination locks on the lockers of his platoon, just to mess with his fellow soldiers. But I don’t think that was actually true.
In his book, Richard Feynman, the Nobel physics winner, when at Los Alamos, saw a maintenance guy open a safe quickly. He wanted to know how, so he found this guy’s lair in a nearby basement. He started passing through it every day, saying nothing. Finally he would start saying, “Hi” as he went through. Eventually, he worked up a friendship and asked him how he did it. The guy said he just tried the 10-20-30 default combo that was shipped with the safe and it worked. Feynman was disappointed, to say the least.
Key Lock.
No brainer.
Stick the key in and turn.
Don’t have to remember any numbers.
Way faster.
Adequate protection.
And if someone is so hard up they pick my lock to to get some soiled jock straps while i shower, they are welcome to it.
way back in the mists of time, just after quitt’n’ school and before my serious education started, i spent some time in an iron foundry wielding a sledgehammer. (to bust up the pig iron to feed back into the furnace)
what were these sledges, and why did they need such a hefty hammer?
it’s the right height for a shelf rack thing i have against the wall .. i’ll be using a wireless kbd and mouse .. have to trail the monitor leads tho, unfortunately.
Ok Mijj I recognize the case, the volt meter, the pair of scissors, but one thing puzzles me. What are the little box of colored balls for? Is it a new type of hardware that only Brits put into their computers? Inquiring minds would like to know.
when M makes a particularly delicious, seductive video, … i juggle my balls for inspiration when thinking of an appropriate bawdy comment to put in the thread.
The key to understanding this lesson ‘mystery solved’ is to lock the nosey intruder from combining their want of what is locked. Numbers are runic collecter items . ockla oh, how about a lesson on — gym as in the ears translation to jimmy’to jim’ the safe unLocked
Homework
I prefer key locks! Reminds of something that happened to me in high school! We had combination locks on our lockers and I never cared much for them! Mine would always jam on me so I started hanging on the handle. Anyway some smart donkey put a key lock on my locker! I had to get some bolt cutters to get it off! At the end of year when I was cleaning my locker out I found the key to the lock!
hey marina.Can you tell me the followers of carl max call themselfes as the “communist”,does it has anything to do with the word “communicate”?
Lenin called his party the Bolshevik,what’s the relationship between them.
I think u r from fomer ussr,and maybe you can solve the question.
Sure you should; if you want to lose the other half of your life – you already spend half of it in here.
There’s a ton of improvements, aircraft and scenery, coming out all the time for FS2004 – I’m sticking with that as I can’t run FSX on my computer and not many people can without something as powerful as a Cray supercomputer.
Even though I have some serious CRS nowadays, I still prefer combo locks. It seems I have an easier time rembering the combo than trying to keep up with the key
Another request from me, hopefully it will not go unanswered .
The word ’squib’. I heard it on the radio today, mentioned as a firework that either doesn’t work or doesn’t produce a good display. However, it’s also the name of a non-magical person in a magical family in Harry Potter, and it’s also the name of a type of explosive.
How are these things linked? Through the origin? I think this could be very interesting to see!
It depends on what I am locking, If it is a gym locker I prefer combo locks so I don’t have to carry a key. A gate, I use a key lock. Other things I use a special type of key lock which can’t easily be picked.
Excellent video Marina. 2 different origins for the same word that means 2 completely different things. The locket and a lock of hair, what a marvelous combo to illustrate the word “lock”.
If I were to choose between combo-locks and key-locks, I’ll choose the former, since the latter is simply too easy to pick by any skilled lock picker. Combo-locks are crackable, though they do tack a bit longer.
A little hint about numerical combinations:
Choose a number that’s both memorable but very unique to yourself, something people who don’t know you very intimately will never logically guess out. Could be a date, a point in time, a model code of some item, whatever. That way you’ll never forget your numerical combination anymore, dear Marina.
However, in the end of the day, both locks are quite useless if you want to completely prevent unwanted access, as both are breakable via a very common tool available at any decent hardware store.
Your locks of beautiful blond hair reminded me of a very interesting historical fact:
Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the greatest generals of all time (also known as the master of offense in his era), gave a lot of his loyal subjects locks of his own hair as both a form of long term memorabilia and to strengthen the loyalty of his already loyal men.
Supra, the people that make lockboxes for the real estate industry, also makes a smaller, cheaper version for residence use, say to hold a key for emergency personnel to get in without breaking down the door. My mom has one on her house, so I got to examine its simple innards.
It has ten buttons, 0-9, but any button, when pressed, remains pushed as the rest of the combination is entered. As a result, no number can be repeated in the combination, i.e. 1123 is not possible. Also as a result, 1234 is the same as 4321 or 1432. I did some calculations and found that these limitations reduced the possible combinations from 10,000 to 622! Whoops!
The old McClellan AFB dock on the American river (built to put planes on barges for WWII) is a Coast Guard training facility for civilians now that the base is closed. Guess which kind of lockbox is bolted to the gate? You guessed it. I haven’t tried the 622 combos, but wouldn’t it be neat to present the commanding officer with the key?
CO: “Thank you for the key, I guess. Oh, what’s your name?”
Me: “Just call me melikadothechacha. It’s an indian name.”
You will have to recalculate. You may use up to six digits in the combination (if memory serves). Now other-than-four-digit combinations may be weak and thus unsuitable, but the user is not prevented from their use, so they must be included in the count.
Sorry I did not include this bit of esoterica, but I didn’t forsee your rigorous thought process. On this site, we’re lucky to get the guys to count above two.
So, it would be (# of 6-digit combos)+(# of 5-digit combos)+(# of 4-digit combos) = 252+210+210 = 672, Closer, but I may have very easily miscalculated.
Don’t forget the 3-, 2- and 1-digit combos, either. If you have already gotten to 672, maybe it was me that got it wrong. Anyway, I am recalling the number from over a year ago, and, who knows, I could be wrongish. The point was that the design put a serious restriction on the number of combinations and most users would have no clue of the weakness. The instruction sheet sure wasn’t gonna mention that! BTW, GE blister packs these with the Supra name visible; they are found in the doorbell section, I guess on the grounds that it is something that goes on a door.
adding 120 3-digit combos, 45 2-digit combos and 10 1-digit combos yields 847 (still not more than a couple hours’ work for a thief who knew the owner wouldn’t be around for that period of time), but I can’t help asking the point of (particularly) a 1-digit ‘combination’ to secure anything. Then, again, in WWII, the Germans wired all their Enigma machine keys to the entry rotor simply in alphabetical order for non-steckered keys, if other than the ‘it’s so simple, who would think of it?’ (besides Marian Rejewski)
Homework: key locks (combo locks are easy to pick)
I used to save my friends when they would forget
their combinations. The same technique works with
safes.
So, lug, as in lug nuts, has a common root with a
lock of hair? Far out! How about canal locks?
palindrome time! A man. a plan – Panama!
Ooops! LOL! Right you are – hmmm…?
“A man, a plan, A CANAL – Panama”
(It was after midnite here – I was sleepin’)
<a href=http://norvig.com/palindrome.html?World’s Longest Palindrome
okay – here’s my homework: i ref collegiate volleyball, and going ’round to different schools some of ‘em (not enough of ‘em, but some) have lockers for us to put our stuff in while we’re reffing the match. i carry a combo lock with me just for that purpose. i don’t worry ’bout forgetting the combo since i’ve had this particular lock for (***drum roll***) forty years.
yep, it was my lock back when i was in high school, back when you had to buy a lock for gym class…do they even have gym class anymore?…
oh, and most of my locks of hair have kinda come unlocked from my head…
Wow Annuder you believe in recycling don’t you. 40 years old. Now that’s impressive. I think the oldest think I have is my Lincoln arc welder which is 30 years old. Given to me by my wife when we first got married. Oh I forgot my 30 year wife also.
The oldest dated things I have are:
1. 19th century novel.
2. A small metal fingernail file from the 1915 World’s Fair.
3. A silver dollar from 1921, the year my mom was born.
4. An Eveready D cell from 1943 (cat logo). I suppose it’s a little weak by now, but it doesn’t leak.
When I was a kid, my great uncle gave me an early 1900s Panamanian nickle (about 3/8th of an inch in diameter) that he got while in the Navy, but the tiny thing got lost. That really ticked me off.
I also have a rock that is four million years and one day old. I know this because, yesterday, someone told me it was four million years old.
What an interesting thought: “old things”(besides me.) I have a Browning Auto-5 12 gauge that was made in 1927, and a surveyor’ s kit (plumb, level,and stuff about which I haven’t a clue) that my father’s father used clearing and building this area shortly after the start of the twentieth century.
Unless you have some relatives to pass the surveyor’s kit onto that will appreciate it, you should look into donating it to a museum or historical society. Things that have a definite relationship to local history have a tendency to not be recognized and thus not preserved for future generations.
I like a key lock instead of combination locks as combination locks are too easy to open by the pull down on the lock and turn the dial method. But I have a lock pick set so key locks beware, and a set of slim jims for autos with a set of miniature air bags to pry the doors of the vehicle ajar to insert a jimmy tool. Oh I forgot a number 10 shoe in case the lock pick set doesn’t work. I thank my job for the training to be a lock picker.
Oh I forgot one major tool. It is a 2 dollar automatic center punch. It will take out a vehicle’s side or rear window with one auto punch from this tool. This tool was designed for punching dimples in metal to start a drill point, and it crossed over to emergency services to facilitate quick entry to vehicles if a child or animal was in a hot vehicle and no one was present at the time of extrication.
One night in the early 90’s I heard someone outside of work and looked out to see a guy with an automatic center punch breaking my van window. Cost me $40 and took forever to clean out the glass fragments. Was that you?
Wooden wedges also serve well to open locked
car doors. And, no, it won’t spring the door as
one might think it would. Works even when a
slim jim defeat system is in the door. You never
know when these skills will come in handy, but
I usually find it’s easier than getting a locksmith
out to a jobsite when a contractor locks his keys
in the van. One more trick is to bend a steel rod
into the shape of a “J” and use it to tap the lock
button up on cars with SJ defeat systems.
One time I used a heavy duty u-shaped lock to lock my bike to a post in a busy area. I lost the keys so I took a two 25 foot extension cords and an angle grinder to the spot to cut it. I thought I’d do this intentionally looking suspicious to see what would happen. I found an outlet at an apartment building and started cutting away the lock. We are talking serious loud noise and sparks flying 10 feet. Next, I tip-toed over to my car and tossed the bike into the trunk while looking both ways.
I do like the new keyless locks for cars nowadays,
all you need is to have the key/chip in your pocket and the door will unlock as you approach the car then you just turn the ignition on with you keyless hand. neat-o
I was in a borrowed Porsche once, it stalled in an intersection (my fault) when I went to restart it I snapped the key off in my haste; reached in my pocket pulled out my SAK, jambed it into the ignition, restarted the car, did all this is seconds; then went directly to the locksmith for a new key.
My semi-new ( 5 year old ) car key must be clicked to unlock ( and disarm the alarm ) the car but it also has a small key hidden in the clicker that will also unlock the door. I’m still on the original battery.
I’m wondering if once I’m in the car the clicker ( which is also the ignition key ) will start the car.
Dear совершенная Marina, I’m glad you’re back home from your vacation in Hawaii. I hope it was nice to relax, there.
While “lock” means both a locking mechanism and also a small bit of hair, it is also used as a verb. For instance, we say that we “locked” the door.
To answer your question, I prefer to use key-type locks. Thet’re faster and easier to use than combination locks.
I hope you quickly recover from any “jet lag” caused by changing time zones. Remember to get enough sleep.
Your dear student, seesixcm6
Does your “we” include aLx? or even me?
Interesting to note … if “panties” is singular, would “Brassier” be considered plural??
Would “Brassier” be considered two requests or a double request, carrying considerably more wieght than a single request? BTW cpn911 you scared me yesterday :-/
brassiere was this the man who invented and convinced womans that it was some hugh mistake if they attempted to live without several in their wardrobe?
Is this uploaded direct from the camera or do you need to compress it or put in a type of format?
the partic camera i use codes video as M-JPEG (which is very high quality .. essentially a series of still images). .. so i use a couple of free progs to compress it into a mp4 container with h.264 format video and aac audio.
i guess there might have been some sw that came with it to do that kind of thing, but i’m used to those for when i rip dvds n so forth.
i belive there’s lots of vid cameras now that have youtube in mind and record directly in a format for upload.
Isn’t <i.all video “a series of frames?” I suppose you could paint the screen once and then just repaint those pixels that have changed, but has that been done? I suspect that transmitting the address of the pixels needing to be changed would consume as much (or more) bandwidth as an entire scanned frame would. (Scanning needs no addressessing as such; sending an entire scan needs only synch pulses at the start of each frame and line.) Anyone got any experience in that area?
Lox.
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i locky me hair… lmao, to short. I NEED A NEW VIDEO
I prefer keys, if I had to remember a combination for everything I have to get in to I’d forget at least half of them.
Hmmm… sounds like what I have to do for passwords for every site or application I use…
How about a word origin for “password”, I’m sure it has an interesting history.
i use key locks, so much easier
Oh Teacher,I am having a hard time to lock in my concentration lately.I seem to have to watch your videos at least 2 or 3 times before really getting the full meaning of what you are teaching! I try to look at your face and really listen to you intentively so I get it right the first time, but when something pops up on the screen somewhere I look and then get distracted and have to scan over my Hot teachers lovely body! Any suggestions?
Thank you
I prefer keyed locks.
New video is up.
I don’t know if others have had a LOCK OF HAIR from someone who once was very dear and then some how… it drifted away… or you were “duped” into believing something would last forever.
Here’s a classic Gordon Lightfoot song… a world famous folk singer and a great song writer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0a3DFUU0Y&fmt=18
helllo hot for words i would like the origin for the word Hamburger….because why is it callled hamburger when it is made out of beef?
it originated in Hamburg, A city in Germany….
Wow, look at all the drug related comments… Adding to it now.. I have just noticed my mums stuffing tastes like pot! Now i am faced with the choice. smoke stuffing or hash.
…hash brownies, easier on the lungs good for the head
{ not that I advocate the use of narcotics }
Lock ‘n’ load.
So, okay, I have a stinker of a word to ask about. I don’t know if it’s in good taste or not, probably isn’t. What kind of word is fart? I mean is it descriptive? Like the first time i heard this word, nard I knew what they meant.
Silent, but deadly.
My random today…How is muggins?…
(3 minutes and 59 seconds)
Yes, you are correct Big “L”….but not Macademia, or Cashew nuts. Not even Walnuts. Not Pistachios, nor Leechi Nuts, or even hex nuts. I would mention what kind of nuts, but I don’t have the huevos to be so bold to speak of such sensitive and rude things.
Marina,,or,,TAs,ATTENTION PLEASE..TY!.
I finally figured out that mousing over the cocomment bar thing at the bottom of these post/reply boxes was causing the pesky “about coComment” to jump up into My way! LOL. After I learned to “X-out” of it to get rid of it,,then,,the darn “X” option isn’t there anymore!,,it was replaced by the “menu” arrow..I reeeeallly dislike that thing but see no way to get rid of it,,what the heck am I missing here?
swizzle-sticks!!
I’d like the know where the meaning of “bangs”, as in a fringe, came from.
what about a third meaning…
a lock is also used in shipping. when you raise or lower a ship in canals. like the in the great lakes there are some 40 – 50 locks that a ship has to go through…
where did that meaning come from????
I dunno,but,could that also be related to “loch”-meaning “lake” in Scottish? Like “Loch Ness Monster”. Or would it just mean that the doors lock shut to fill as it lifts a boat?
You know,like “Lock and Dam” system,,least that’s what they call them on the northern 1/2 of the Mississippi,used to regulate river height and allow the passage of barges and boats.
Whats going on here? Why doesnt Marina have any honours on her channel?
I think for christmas we should all click on marinas ads at least 10 times
I like to use combo locks, because while I am not as hot for numbers as I am for words, I am still hot for numbers to a degree.. Also, anything that will help improve memory I want to do.. good for the neuro-pathways you know…
is “The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins” a good book? does anyone have it?
Since the election has dominated the news lately, how about the word “Poll?” It’s an English word that once meant “head”, hence the name poll tax for a per-person tax. However, in the United States, the term has come to be used almost exclusively for a fixed tax applied to voting. Since “going to the polls” is a common idiom for voting (deriving from the fact that early voting involved head-counts), a new folk etymology has supplanted common knowledge of the phrase’s true origins in America.
i second the poll tax and will run to Poland and tell on you
Slow Speed is phuKing Slow, luv
WHERE is your tan
Did you wear fifty sunblock 
Marina, since you are back from Hawaii, I have perfect word request for your trip and next video, FUN, can you think of a better word about your last trip
SHOW THE LOVE 
I WAS in the gym last night and the word, JOCK ITCH, popped in my mind faster than did LOCK
i wonder when the podcast of HFW will get renewed??
I’d like to make a word request. “Alaska” I understand its Russian in origin but what is it derived from and what does it mean. I live in Alaska and I’m understandably curious.
Thanks
GREAT REQUEST…….I LIVE IN ALASKA..ANCHORAGE..and am a little biased in your request
FIVE chillis?
No wonder you’re so hot.
In French we use the Germanic root LOK in LOQUET “locket”. Concerning the LOCK of hair we use the word BOUCLE “buckle”.
But what about WEDLOCK Marina !!!
Dose it fell good to be back home Marina?
Word request:
“No Quarter”
When it is used to describe an event where the competitors are not going to give each other a break.
Homework: I prefer the “three lock box” variety, as described in a quote by Sammy Hagar (from Wikipedia)…
“It’s got to do with deep sea diving, when you look for a buried treasure. The ultimate treasure would be a sunken treasure with three locks on it, because that means it was the most valuable stuff that the queen had on that ship. And you need three different guys with keys to open it, that way no one could steal it. So a ‘Three Lock Box’ to me is within yourself. If you unlock the treasure of your physical, and your mental and your spiritual potential – those three in balance – you are a real human being and almost godly.”
Just like you, Marina…almost godly! How many keys does it take to unlock your potential?
Almost GODLY
What about the phrase, “86″ (to omit,) as when a waitress posts an order to the chef and says “86 the onions?”
Hi Marina!
I was curious about the origin of the word “henchman”
The definitions vary, because “henchmen” can be criminals or even trusted political advisers…
Whomever they serve, they have the connotation of being an unsavory lot, sort of like politicians.
Hi Marina,
I notice that you have this new google advertising at the bottom of your videos.
I have google adsense set up for my website. How do I add these google ads to my bike art You Tube videos?
… and more important, how do you get google to cough up for the clicks!
yah really!
I want to know about the word marijuana… thought I’ve never done it.
I like to request the word Apocalypse, I hire it a lot these day. Therese the possibility of a depression, and a lot of people believe that the world will end on December 21 2012. Now I know the the word Apocalypse in Greek means “lifting of the veil” is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. But why is it Today the term is often used to refer to the end of the world, which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means “revelation at the end of the æon, or age”.
Thank in advance
Ohhh… that’s a cool one.
I would imagine that the preposted answers are prepared by Marina herself, or at least, by her direction and at her approval. if you have further questions, please feel free to post them here, or directly to Marina in the ‘Contacts’ tab at the top of the page – She answers these questions directly and promptly (has been my experience). Ceveat: questions posted here (in the current lesson, with replies from fellow students) may result in either a: serious replies, b: tongue-in-cheek replies or c: both, leaving you to sort them out.
Marina always answers serious inquiries in the contact department promptly, directly, and (most importantly) sincerely.
Ciao,
FIanchetto
I’ll try the ‘Twitter’ thing soon enough, but till then, my favourite soup of all time has got to be :
Tom Kha Gai, Thailand
Spicy coconut soup with chicken (or shrimp), mushrooms, cilantro, galanga, bamboo shoots and kaffir lime leaves.
[Recipe Here]
The word I’m wondering about is FRECKLE , although your piercing blue eyes are two of your best features, I’ve noticed you have a few freckles. Of course they come from being in the sun, but where does the word originate from?
Marina, when I was on Oahu, I drove all around exploring. One day I saw this white egg-shaped object on the shoulder in the red gravel. I got out and found that it was a milk-glass doorknob from an old mortise lock. The quarter-inch-square shaft had been reduced to 1/16″ by rust, so it had been out in the open for years and years, possibly since the 1800’s. I still have it as a souvenir.
So there you have my recommendation for the remainder of your vacation — just get in a car, drive the back roads aimlessly and, if you see something white on the side of the road, get out and pick it up.
I prefer a biometric lock myself, unless you lose a finger you are pretty much covered.What about the lock ships travel through as they make their way down a canal?
How about the word gorgeous?
I hope [Glamorous] will do till she gets ’round to it
OR, how about [Glamorous]
PHRASE REQUEST: will you invistigate the origin of trip the light fantastic please
I like the locks on chastity belts
They begin as mental/emotional combination locks of course,,containing-smiles,light touches,maybe a timely joke/wink,kisses,more touching,eye contact,etc,,,then,,,if the combination was correct,they want the key inside *fast* before the time runs out and I need to start the combination all over again,but,it might need to be in a different sequence for the next try 
Марина, I sometimes have bad dreams in which I am back in school and I can’t remember my combination lock number. Of course in these dreams, I come to the realization that I already have graduated university, so I ask myself why I am still in school?
I haven’t yet had a dream in which you appear, though.
Марина, I find your зебръ pants very exciting.
[Kiss me], Marina!
Bravo, mijj … I’d kiss you myself on her behalf, but I understand that it just wouldn’t be the same…
, and prolly would fail to produce the prince that you are and that M certainly deserves to have in her life. 
oh, i reckon M has a few princes somewhere around .. she just doesn’t know which ones they are, i bet!
I think the question is whether she has the brilliance/insight to count you foremost among them, friend…
ah yes .. but i’m only imaginary … M wants a real one.
?imaginary? I would beg to differ, sir! I think you would be a finer companion to Marina than most of the others here at HFW, certainly to include myself! IMHO, Prince -ness, -dom, -ocity, -ousness, etc. depends not so necessarily on pedigree, but rather moreso on personality, and would lean to the idea that Our Dear Teacher would, should she peer deep enough, certainly agree emphatically. I am curious to see her actual thoughts on the matter, should she choose to reply…
we should bear in mind we don’t know anything of M’s private life.
… for all we know, M’s been happily married for 15 yrs and has 12 grandchildren.
Yeah. Marina the babushka. NOT!
Married at age twelve? I think not… She’s just patiently waiting for a guy like you to slip in under her female-intuitional radar and knock her socks (among other things) off and start a lifetime of wedded bliss. Think of it: the MIJJ-117 Stealth Bomber
shhhhhh…..
every action has a reaction … if you do a direct push you get direct resistance!
you must use the principle of .. erm … what’sit called … erm … that stuff to do with gyroscopes .. erm .. precession!! .. which results in the reaction being perpendicular (almost) to the action.
hmmm .. maybe the word’s not “precession” .. but you know what i mean .. don’t you?
ah .. it is precession …
from wikipedia …
… look what you did .. you made me give away my secret!
Sorry, friend… I experience the same problem Doctor Nash {q.v. “A Beautiful Mind”}had with being direct with ppl… as opposed to the normal tangential approach more commonly recognised, and (most importantly) more commonly accepted…
(I only wish I had a link at hand to the scene in the movie…)
i remember that flick.. very weird tone to it.
Fianchetto, here’s a link to the movie A Beautiful Mind
I grew up in cold war USA, and the only ‘weird’ thing I found in the movie was the discovery that some of the carachters existed only in Nash’s mind…
…and being astonished at his wife’s tenacious love for him throughout the whole ordeal. I have yet to experience such devotion to myself, but have several times in my past offered it to others. Maybe, some day…{sigh}…
ah ..so .. you have a chivalric nature .. but we don’t live in chivalric times. I guess the chivalry has to be taken a step into abstraction so’s it’s hidden and won’t frighten people.
[A Romantic Enters the World]
once more…
[A Romantic Enters the World]
hang on .. that’s the fool from teh tarot deck!
I thought you dealt me the prince of staves….
what an orgy of comments…
…daisy chain off the kiss me comment 
My homework i prefer key locks there much better.I never had much luck with combination locks.
Eew, I do not think I did that well.
60% independent
50% idealistic
30% intimate
70 % indulgent
Oh, this looks better. I have a healer’s heart. I am very altruistic; that’s cool
ah .. you shouldn’t take those scores as good or bad .. e.g. .. low idealistic = hi realistic; low intimate = high passionate; etc.
Nod to mijj
These tests are not scientifically produced, and for entertainment purposes only. Is only the type of fun we engage in here at HFW while playing the fool with one another, awaiting another lesson from Our Dear Teacher
I prefer key locks. However, in certain situations, a combination lock is better. Like in a gym, where you would lock your locker and go exercise or shower. It would be a convenience not to have to carry a key.
Homework: prefer keylocks, only because I can safely lock my keys inside them
Actually, I really think it matters not, because locks exist only to keep honest ppl honest. A hacksaw can violate either in seconds, a bolt cutter in A second. An honest person would resort to neither hacksaws nor bolt cutters, …so.. I think you take my meaning.
Welcome Home, Marina!
Video cameras are a great backup for any lock… you get to show the judge a moving picture of the defendant that violated your private property…
ok, folks .. time for a quiz … the [Heart Test]
This test’s goal is to determine the true nature of your heart – your heart’s heart. Unlike the many personality tests out there, this test will determine how you best like to feel and love, rather than how you think and perceive. There are no right or wrong answers or good or evil results. This test will determine how your heart prefers to love, and also provide you with which hearts you should pursue romantically, and which traits you might want to avoid.
.. i repeat … [wake up !! quiz time = the heart test]
[my result]
The Healer’s Heart
Independent, Realistic, Passionate, Indulgent
You are the most altruistic of hearts, the Healer’s Heart. You are realistic in your approach to love and value your independence. At the same time you are very passionate about love and want to do whatever in your power to make things run smoothly. You will relieve whatever pain you can in your mate. At the same time, you recognize the need to be there for others as well. Still, you will always be there for your mate and will never hurt them if you can help it.
Matches for the Healer’s Heart:
The Lonely Heart
The Lonely Heart wants to be loved, but may not know how to go about it. Your healing nature will bring out the hidden aspects of their heart and you will appreciate their intimate nature and need for love, and associate with their realistic views and want for harmony.
The Broken Heart
The Broken Heart needs to be loved, which is fine with you, but they also can be a bit quarrelsome, something you may not like. But your healing nature should help them with this, and your independent nature can allow you to give them the space they need to cool off. Ultimately, you will find it very rewarding to be the one to mend the Broken Heart, and you will come to cherish them.
My result: ♥ Heart of Gold ♥
But, you knew that already, right?
You are 60% Independent,
100% Idealistic,
80% Intimate, and
90% Indulgent!
The Heart of Gold
Independent, Idealistic, Intimate, Indulgent
Matches for the Heart of Gold:
The Slave to Emotions
The Slave to Emotions values all your ideals of love, but is more dependent on it than you are. This if okay for you, because though you’re independent, you also want to be loved and being loved so much makes you happy. The Slave will definitely appreciate you for loving them, and you will appreciate them in the same way, making for a very strong match.
The Heart on Sleeve
The Heart on Sleeve is idealistic and intimate, just as you, but desire love and is more prone to want conflict. But being the loving type that you are, you can put up with this,k as you know their true nature, and will come to respect them for not holding back their true emotions.
…………
so .. whew .. we’re not competing for the same types!
woops! I commented up there ^
Compared to other takers
56/100 You scored 50% on Independent, higher than 56% of your peers. 52/100 You scored 60% on Idealistic, higher than 52% of your peers. 78/100 You scored 80% on Intimate, higher than 78% of your peers. 82/100 You scored 90% on Indulgent, higher than 82% of your peers. How everyone did
Independent Idealistic Intimate Indulgent Recent Results
A_Random just scored Reclusive Heart
dke211 just scored Pragmatic Heart
Amara-Crescent just scored Slave to Emotions
QuiGonJohn just scored Slave to Emotions
stephananie just scored Lonely Heart
Post your results
Your result for The Heart Test …
Slave to Emotions
You are 50% Independent, 60% Idealistic, 80% Intimate, and 90% Indulgent!
The Slave to Emotions
Dependent, Idealistic, Intimate, Indulgent
You are the most emotional of hearts, the Slave to Your Emotions. You crave love, and have high standards for love. You are very intimate and value harmony with a mate. Sometimes you may feel that you are over-emotional and see this as a curse at times, because you are so emotionally-charged, and you so greatly desire love. You might want to break the emotional chains that bind you, but find that the ideals of love and intimacy are firmly shackled to you and cannot be severed.
Matches for the Slave to Emotions:
The Bleeding Heart
The Bleeding Heart is idealistic and indulgent as you are, and just as love-needy, making for lots of shared common ground. You’ll also find the Bleeding Heart to be more passionate and fun-loving, something that at first might turn you off, but you will find this will provide a perfect balance to your intimate nature.
The Heart of Gold
The Heart of Gold values harmony and unity just as you do, and shares your ideals of love and intimacy, but is more independent. The Heart of Gold will never leave you and always be there to love you, and this above all else you will appreciate. The Heart of Gold’s loving nature will make you feel as if you have found someone to help carry your rattling emotional chains, and that they are glad to do it.
The Patron Saint’s Heart
The Patron Saint’s Heart craves love just as you do and value harmony and togetherness as well, but is more down-to-earth and passionate than you. However, you will value these more sensual qualities, and the Patron Saint’s more protective and loving nature will make you feel loved needed, something value greatly.
Your exact opposite is The Lord’s Heart.
Avoid Explicits when possible. They’re open and frank nature is contrary to yours. You may also want to avoid Independents unless they have other qualities you seek to balance them out, as you are a person who craves closeness with another person.
Rate my test!
According to these descriptions, I personaly would have expected either the “heart of gold” or “Patron Saint” descriptives of myself…
I now recant my previous reply, and agree with the initial assessment as given by the ‘proctor’, having read all thoroughly.
Mine is Heart on Sleeve.
You are 50% Independent, 70% Idealistic, 60% Intimate, and 50% Indulgent!
Heart on Sleeve
The Heart on Sleeve
Dependent, Idealistic, Intimate, Explicit
You are the most brazen of hearts, the Heart on Sleeve. You are highly emotional and idealistic, and crave love, but are candid and forthcoming. You are not one to hide your emotions, and couldn’t even if you tried. You know what you want from love, and believe in the ideals of love over the sensuality of it. You are all about love in its purest form and aren’t afraid to broadcast it or to express your desire for it.
Matches for the Heart on Sleeve:
The Heart of Gold
The Heart of Gold shares your loving qualities, but also values harmony and independence. The Heart of Gold will always be there for you, and you will respect their intimate nature and ability not to be taken aback by your candid and plain nature. You will find they share the same ideals of love that you do, as well as a value of your relationship as a whole.
The Lively Heart
The Lively Heart shares the same ideals of love as you, but is more passionate in expressing it. The Lively Heart is just as forthcoming as you, but independtent enough to not be bothered by it, lessening the clash of personalities. You will find the Lively Heart to be energetic and fun, as well as deep and complex.
Your exact opposite is The Healer’s Heart.
{on bended knee}
Will you marry me, Capman?
I tried to take the test, but found it was loaded with faulty questions. One or two wouldn’t have been a problem. This one is one after another, after another. “If you could be a flower, what kind would you be?” I’d rather be a vegetable, I guess…
sorry
No need to apologise
Usually those tests are fun to take.
This one was not as well written, is all.
You get 10 points for trying
Hey! It’s lolacocacola! Hey teacher I have a WORD REQUEST: for the word ” football” please right back and I don’t really understand why it’s called that anyways because you use your hand in football. I think soccer should be football and football soccer, right back and leave a response video! Thanks teacher, you rock!
check the response for soccer
Hey Marina! It’s Lola here , I wanted to know were the meaning hottie came from. Please tell me!
Thnx!
… and .. is it better to be cool or hot?
does [THIS] help?
dead link? – didn’t help
How about [THIS?]
Thanks, ChaCha!
Word Request – bogart does this word really have it’s origin connected to Humphrey Bogart?
Assist to Capman for inspiration
yes .. cos he always had a fag (=cig) hanging from his mouth. So, being if one was selfish and hanged (hung?) onto the joint instead of passing it round like etiquette in the olden days demanded, then one was “bogarting” that joint.
Name for your computer:
Nehi cuz it is about knee-high
i was thinking “HotBox” in honor of M and Hotforwords.
Fraternity of Man
Where did this usage of the word “joint” come from?
I would like to know where the term “Colonel” derives from and why is it used in the military.
Also, why is it so hard to spell?
Woops, sorry. Forgot to copy-paste after I saw Colonel was already looked at.
I wanted to know what the word “Antagonist” derives from.
Lock of hair, Lock the door, what about Loch ness monster!!
Loch = lake (Scottish), which has nothing to do with the lesson.
could it have something to do with a canal’s lock?
Knowing where the LOCK comes from I told my brother to lock his cargo, put it in his car, and go.
but where did the word CARGO come from? and where is it going?
How about “It’s a lock” when referring to an expected outcome?
or “it’s a wash” if it balances out?
Here’s one lock that definetly needs picking.
You my friend are in need of a ‘foot’ locker
HOMEWORK: I always prefer combination locks.
Although I met a guy in the army, who CLAIMED that he knew how to pick combination locks. He said that back when he was in basic training, he would one night get up and switch around combination locks on the lockers of his platoon, just to mess with his fellow soldiers. But I don’t think that was actually true.
In his book, Richard Feynman, the Nobel physics winner, when at Los Alamos, saw a maintenance guy open a safe quickly. He wanted to know how, so he found this guy’s lair in a nearby basement. He started passing through it every day, saying nothing. Finally he would start saying, “Hi” as he went through. Eventually, he worked up a friendship and asked him how he did it. The guy said he just tried the 10-20-30 default combo that was shipped with the safe and it worked. Feynman was disappointed, to say the least.
I want to know the origin of the word “Aryan”. Please tell me…
Is that english?
I have a song called “Aryan Adrian” by Inkubus Sukkubus which I cannot seem to find lyrics for. I know the song exists, I’m listening to it now!
Easy homework.
Key Lock.
No brainer.
Stick the key in and turn.
Don’t have to remember any numbers.
Way faster.
Adequate protection.
And if someone is so hard up they pick my lock to to get some soiled jock straps while i shower, they are welcome to it.
Marina what is the meaning of the word tow head and how did it come to refer to a light haired or blond boy.
I have wondered about that, myself.
tuckerd out ******
Tuckered out !! ************
How about a little Cool Tune with some excellent musicians.
Plant Word Requests
Bamboo
Pomegranate
Cucumber
Cherry
Orange
Banana
Grape
And an Apple for our teacher!
testiujh
What are you testiculing for now James my young friend.
test
‘Norwegian Wood’ ask your pal ‘foxbro’ for some
it’s more fun than huffing Testor’s glue in a #6 bag
word request: sledgehammer
way back in the mists of time, just after quitt’n’ school and before my serious education started, i spent some time in an iron foundry wielding a sledgehammer. (to bust up the pig iron to feed back into the furnace)
what were these sledges, and why did they need such a hefty hammer?
SledgeHammer
Hey Mijj I found you another cool picture of a
Tiger and a sphere .
nice tiger .. but, i’m not gay, you know (not that there’s anything wrong with that)
+ nice sphere.
Remember that TV show. I never saw the last episode, but I heard that he blew up the world!
Damn…i wanna ride this zebra!
Kyle vom Caliornia? This must be made up
now is the time for mood music Picture – Kid Rock
Hey Che here is a number for you to call. They said it was urgent. 605-388-1117. I don’t know what it was about.
just tell me
So what’s in Rapid City SD?
Just call the number it’s a joke line.
[my new pc box all opened up and waiting to be stuffed with innards]
… hmmm .. i need a name for it for when it’s loaded up with its OS.
Is it deeper than an average desktop case?
height: 11.8 ”
width: 9.1 ”
depth: 16.9 ”
it’s the right height for a shelf rack thing i have against the wall .. i’ll be using a wireless kbd and mouse .. have to trail the monitor leads tho, unfortunately.
Name it like you would name a pet, wait to see what its personality is, then name according.
I do have a suggestion though
well .. maybe i could work in that, tho i’m its mother, Marina/HotForWords is its absentee layabout father.
…does she have visitation rights?
i think she’ll only visit if it’s born as a mac and not a pc. Such blatant chauvinism .. i ask you!
is it me or is it really tiny………
{ it’s you }
it is tiny…. mine is 18.8 x 8.3 x 19.6
it is you and it is really tiny!
well .. not tiny
it’s twice as high as my current pc .. and 1 1/2 times as wide.
but i think it’s still pretty compact compared to the usual boxes.
my current pc:
height: 4.25 ”
width: 8 ”
depth: 12.5 ”
that’s tiny!
Why is a spliff called a dutch?
Ok Mijj I recognize the case, the volt meter, the pair of scissors, but one thing puzzles me. What are the little box of colored balls for? Is it a new type of hardware that only Brits put into their computers? Inquiring minds would like to know.
oh … them’s my juggling balls …
when M makes a particularly delicious, seductive video, … i juggle my balls for inspiration when thinking of an appropriate bawdy comment to put in the thread.
…you were juggling your balls just now weren’t you
does a regular sized motherboard fit in that case……..
btw are those fiskars scissors..
micro ATX
i dont need a lot of slots … or any really as far as i can see.
they’re my scissors!! .. i think your friend, “fiskar” is having you on.
…aren’t you over compensating
overcompensating for what, mistah?
oh you know very well what i mean mistah
you just can’t afford a Ferrari Testarossa
He must be a banker then, and not a pigeon … or do I mean wanker and not a mijjeon?
i dont think everything you have is lock, stock, and barrel.
yeh … flintlock .. what was that about? … how does that relate to locks?
Just a guess: since a flint was needed to start a spark to ignite the charge, something would be needed to lock it in place.
A flintlock mechanism. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Flintlock.jpg
Firstly, congratz with your upcoming calendar Marina. I wouldn’t be surprised if 1000+ copies have already been ordered
Homework: I would prefer a key lock most of the time. With that being said, the last time I used a locker, I used a combination lock
The key to understanding this lesson ‘mystery solved’ is to lock the nosey intruder from combining their want of what is locked. Numbers are runic collecter items . ockla
oh, how about a lesson on — gym as in the ears translation to jimmy’to jim’ the safe unLocked 
Homework
Mine would always jam on me so I started hanging on the handle. Anyway some smart donkey put a key lock on my locker! 
I had to get some bolt cutters to get it off! At the end of year when I was cleaning my locker out I found the key to the lock!
I prefer key locks! Reminds of something that happened to me in high school! We had combination locks on our lockers and I never cared much for them!
hey marina.Can you tell me the followers of carl max call themselfes as the “communist”,does it has anything to do with the word “communicate”?
Lenin called his party the Bolshevik,what’s the relationship between them.
I think u r from fomer ussr,and maybe you can solve the question.
It’s Five O’clock Somewhere Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffet
Nice.
Was that inspired by my reply to mijj, below?
here’s my way to get down to Margaritaville.
Yes Bob, .. what is this AVSIM link you get when you click Margaritaville?
Avsim is a site for Flight Simulator software and news.
Haven’t play Flight Simulator in years should I register?
Sure you should; if you want to lose the other half of your life – you already spend half of it in here.
There’s a ton of improvements, aircraft and scenery, coming out all the time for FS2004 – I’m sticking with that as I can’t run FSX on my computer and not many people can without something as powerful as a Cray supercomputer.
maybe mijj can build me a Cray supercomputer
I love how there are a couple of young girls right behind you when you are doing your little ‘dance’
Even though I have some serious CRS nowadays, I still prefer combo locks. It seems I have an easier time rembering the combo than trying to keep up with the key
it is snowing
no it isn’t, you liar!
It must be snowing somewhere, just as the sun must be over the yardarm somewhere in the world, so it is always time for a drink.
Oh, thats nice.
damn .. i very nearly got the entire column of “Recent Comments” to myself .. orion_ss1 and annuddermale messed it up!
Sorry.
you bastard!
hmmm … i should add :
NO sweat; by the time you called me a bastard one or two others had left comments as well.
No harm, no foul.
Could someone tell me why a spliff is called a dutch?
oh yeh .. like that song ..
[musical youth - Pass the Dutchie]
HA, funny you should say that we were singing it yesteday
I have absolutely no idea…
{ koff!…. koff!….. koff! }
Don’t Bogart That Joint my friend.
cause it’s legal over here……? :S
no it was called a dutch waaaaaaaay before it was legal
oh….. I duno then…..
If you took that picture as soon as you got in the door, Marina, it looks more like he’s saying, “Who are you, and what are you doing in my flat?”
actually, he looks like he’s been caught midway through beaming down from the starship Enterprise.
heres a not her story on lock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYyJ-te3mIY
cool
Hey,
Another request from me, hopefully it will not go unanswered
.
The word ’squib’. I heard it on the radio today, mentioned as a firework that either doesn’t work or doesn’t produce a good display. However, it’s also the name of a non-magical person in a magical family in Harry Potter, and it’s also the name of a type of explosive.
How are these things linked? Through the origin? I think this could be very interesting to see!
Thanks!
What about the locks on a canal? Are those of a third origin or do they come under “fastening.”
hey kyle go kyjele yourself
i like the combination locks
I have a word request: wimp/wimpy
It depends on what I am locking, If it is a gym locker I prefer combo locks so I don’t have to carry a key. A gate, I use a key lock. Other things I use a special type of key lock which can’t easily be picked.
I hope you don’t mean a Medico lock.
No Tubular Cam Locks and I do use Bio locks.
I always knew them as Ace locks. Biometric locks? Just what, um, do you put in the slot to open it? Sounds painful.
It reads finger prints. The larger one you put your whole fingers on it and smaller one you put just one finger tip on it or slide it over it.
I prefer a combination lock so I don’t have to carry around a key with me while I am at the gym.
By the way, how was your trip to Hawaii? Gorby must have ran towards you like a rocket, missing its lovely master.
By the way, Marina, it Gorby a male or female? Just curious.
Excellent video Marina. 2 different origins for the same word that means 2 completely different things. The locket and a lock of hair, what a marvelous combo to illustrate the word “lock”.
If I were to choose between combo-locks and key-locks, I’ll choose the former, since the latter is simply too easy to pick by any skilled lock picker. Combo-locks are crackable, though they do tack a bit longer.
A little hint about numerical combinations:
Choose a number that’s both memorable but very unique to yourself, something people who don’t know you very intimately will never logically guess out. Could be a date, a point in time, a model code of some item, whatever. That way you’ll never forget your numerical combination anymore, dear Marina.
However, in the end of the day, both locks are quite useless if you want to completely prevent unwanted access, as both are breakable via a very common tool available at any decent hardware store.
Your locks of beautiful blond hair reminded me of a very interesting historical fact:
Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the greatest generals of all time (also known as the master of offense in his era), gave a lot of his loyal subjects locks of his own hair as both a form of long term memorabilia and to strengthen the loyalty of his already loyal men.
Supra, the people that make lockboxes for the real estate industry, also makes a smaller, cheaper version for residence use, say to hold a key for emergency personnel to get in without breaking down the door. My mom has one on her house, so I got to examine its simple innards.
It has ten buttons, 0-9, but any button, when pressed, remains pushed as the rest of the combination is entered. As a result, no number can be repeated in the combination, i.e. 1123 is not possible. Also as a result, 1234 is the same as 4321 or 1432. I did some calculations and found that these limitations reduced the possible combinations from 10,000 to 622! Whoops!
The old McClellan AFB dock on the American river (built to put planes on barges for WWII) is a Coast Guard training facility for civilians now that the base is closed. Guess which kind of lockbox is bolted to the gate? You guessed it. I haven’t tried the 622 combos, but wouldn’t it be neat to present the commanding officer with the key?
CO: “Thank you for the key, I guess. Oh, what’s your name?”
Me: “Just call me melikadothechacha. It’s an indian name.”
I’m not positive, but you may have an easier time than you think to return the CO’s key for ChaCha:
n!/(r!(n-r)!) = 252 possible combinations, to wit:
Combinations without Repetition (n=10, r=5)
{1,2,3,4,5} {1,2,3,4,6} {1,2,3,4,7} {1,2,3,4,8} {1,2,3,4,9} {1,2,3,4,0} {1,2,3,5,6} {1,2,3,5,7} {1,2,3,5,8} {1,2,3,5,9} {1,2,3,5,0} {1,2,3,6,7} {1,2,3,6,8} {1,2,3,6,9} {1,2,3,6,0} {1,2,3,7,8} {1,2,3,7,9} {1,2,3,7,0} {1,2,3,8,9} {1,2,3,8,0} {1,2,3,9,0} {1,2,4,5,6} {1,2,4,5,7} {1,2,4,5,8} {1,2,4,5,9} {1,2,4,5,0} {1,2,4,6,7} {1,2,4,6,8} {1,2,4,6,9} {1,2,4,6,0} {1,2,4,7,8} {1,2,4,7,9} {1,2,4,7,0} {1,2,4,8,9} {1,2,4,8,0} {1,2,4,9,0} {1,2,5,6,7} {1,2,5,6,8} {1,2,5,6,9} {1,2,5,6,0} {1,2,5,7,8} {1,2,5,7,9} {1,2,5,7,0} {1,2,5,8,9} {1,2,5,8,0} {1,2,5,9,0} {1,2,6,7,8} {1,2,6,7,9} {1,2,6,7,0} {1,2,6,8,9} {1,2,6,8,0} {1,2,6,9,0} {1,2,7,8,9} {1,2,7,8,0} {1,2,7,9,0} {1,2,8,9,0} {1,3,4,5,6} {1,3,4,5,7} {1,3,4,5,8} {1,3,4,5,9} {1,3,4,5,0} {1,3,4,6,7} {1,3,4,6,8} {1,3,4,6,9} {1,3,4,6,0} {1,3,4,7,8} {1,3,4,7,9} {1,3,4,7,0} {1,3,4,8,9} {1,3,4,8,0} {1,3,4,9,0} {1,3,5,6,7} {1,3,5,6,8} {1,3,5,6,9} {1,3,5,6,0} {1,3,5,7,8} {1,3,5,7,9} {1,3,5,7,0} {1,3,5,8,9} {1,3,5,8,0} {1,3,5,9,0} {1,3,6,7,8} {1,3,6,7,9} {1,3,6,7,0} {1,3,6,8,9} {1,3,6,8,0} {1,3,6,9,0} {1,3,7,8,9} {1,3,7,8,0} {1,3,7,9,0} {1,3,8,9,0} {1,4,5,6,7} {1,4,5,6,8} {1,4,5,6,9} {1,4,5,6,0} {1,4,5,7,8} {1,4,5,7,9} {1,4,5,7,0} {1,4,5,8,9} {1,4,5,8,0} {1,4,5,9,0} {1,4,6,7,8} {1,4,6,7,9} {1,4,6,7,0} {1,4,6,8,9} {1,4,6,8,0} {1,4,6,9,0} {1,4,7,8,9} {1,4,7,8,0} {1,4,7,9,0} {1,4,8,9,0} {1,5,6,7,8} {1,5,6,7,9} {1,5,6,7,0} {1,5,6,8,9} {1,5,6,8,0} {1,5,6,9,0} {1,5,7,8,9} {1,5,7,8,0} {1,5,7,9,0} {1,5,8,9,0} {1,6,7,8,9} {1,6,7,8,0} {1,6,7,9,0} {1,6,8,9,0} {1,7,8,9,0} {2,3,4,5,6} {2,3,4,5,7} {2,3,4,5,8} {2,3,4,5,9} {2,3,4,5,0} {2,3,4,6,7} {2,3,4,6,8} {2,3,4,6,9} {2,3,4,6,0} {2,3,4,7,8} {2,3,4,7,9} {2,3,4,7,0} {2,3,4,8,9} {2,3,4,8,0} {2,3,4,9,0} {2,3,5,6,7} {2,3,5,6,8} {2,3,5,6,9} {2,3,5,6,0} {2,3,5,7,8} {2,3,5,7,9} {2,3,5,7,0} {2,3,5,8,9} {2,3,5,8,0} {2,3,5,9,0} {2,3,6,7,8} {2,3,6,7,9} {2,3,6,7,0} {2,3,6,8,9} {2,3,6,8,0} {2,3,6,9,0} {2,3,7,8,9} {2,3,7,8,0} {2,3,7,9,0} {2,3,8,9,0} {2,4,5,6,7} {2,4,5,6,8} {2,4,5,6,9} {2,4,5,6,0} {2,4,5,7,8} {2,4,5,7,9} {2,4,5,7,0} {2,4,5,8,9} {2,4,5,8,0} {2,4,5,9,0} {2,4,6,7,8} {2,4,6,7,9} {2,4,6,7,0} {2,4,6,8,9} {2,4,6,8,0} {2,4,6,9,0} {2,4,7,8,9} {2,4,7,8,0} {2,4,7,9,0} {2,4,8,9,0} {2,5,6,7,8} {2,5,6,7,9} {2,5,6,7,0} {2,5,6,8,9} {2,5,6,8,0} {2,5,6,9,0} {2,5,7,8,9} {2,5,7,8,0} {2,5,7,9,0} {2,5,8,9,0} {2,6,7,8,9} {2,6,7,8,0} {2,6,7,9,0} {2,6,8,9,0} {2,7,8,9,0} {3,4,5,6,7} {3,4,5,6,8} {3,4,5,6,9} {3,4,5,6,0} {3,4,5,7,8} {3,4,5,7,9} {3,4,5,7,0} {3,4,5,8,9} {3,4,5,8,0} {3,4,5,9,0} {3,4,6,7,8} {3,4,6,7,9} {3,4,6,7,0} {3,4,6,8,9} {3,4,6,8,0} {3,4,6,9,0} {3,4,7,8,9} {3,4,7,8,0} {3,4,7,9,0} {3,4,8,9,0} {3,5,6,7,8} {3,5,6,7,9} {3,5,6,7,0} {3,5,6,8,9} {3,5,6,8,0} {3,5,6,9,0} {3,5,7,8,9} {3,5,7,8,0} {3,5,7,9,0} {3,5,8,9,0} {3,6,7,8,9} {3,6,7,8,0} {3,6,7,9,0} {3,6,8,9,0} {3,7,8,9,0} {4,5,6,7,8} {4,5,6,7,9} {4,5,6,7,0} {4,5,6,8,9} {4,5,6,8,0} {4,5,6,9,0} {4,5,7,8,9} {4,5,7,8,0} {4,5,7,9,0} {4,5,8,9,0} {4,6,7,8,9} {4,6,7,8,0} {4,6,7,9,0} {4,6,8,9,0} {4,7,8,9,0} {5,6,7,8,9} {5,6,7,8,0} {5,6,7,9,0} {5,6,8,9,0} {5,7,8,9,0} {6,7,8,9,0}
Sorry… only 210 4-digit combinations…
Combinations without Repetition (n=10, r=4)
{1,2,3,4} {1,2,3,5} {1,2,3,6} {1,2,3,7} {1,2,3,8} {1,2,3,9} {1,2,3,0} {1,2,4,5} {1,2,4,6} {1,2,4,7} {1,2,4,8} {1,2,4,9} {1,2,4,0} {1,2,5,6} {1,2,5,7} {1,2,5,8} {1,2,5,9} {1,2,5,0} {1,2,6,7} {1,2,6,8} {1,2,6,9} {1,2,6,0} {1,2,7,8} {1,2,7,9} {1,2,7,0} {1,2,8,9} {1,2,8,0} {1,2,9,0} {1,3,4,5} {1,3,4,6} {1,3,4,7} {1,3,4,8} {1,3,4,9} {1,3,4,0} {1,3,5,6} {1,3,5,7} {1,3,5,8} {1,3,5,9} {1,3,5,0} {1,3,6,7} {1,3,6,8} {1,3,6,9} {1,3,6,0} {1,3,7,8} {1,3,7,9} {1,3,7,0} {1,3,8,9} {1,3,8,0} {1,3,9,0} {1,4,5,6} {1,4,5,7} {1,4,5,8} {1,4,5,9} {1,4,5,0} {1,4,6,7} {1,4,6,8} {1,4,6,9} {1,4,6,0} {1,4,7,8} {1,4,7,9} {1,4,7,0} {1,4,8,9} {1,4,8,0} {1,4,9,0} {1,5,6,7} {1,5,6,8} {1,5,6,9} {1,5,6,0} {1,5,7,8} {1,5,7,9} {1,5,7,0} {1,5,8,9} {1,5,8,0} {1,5,9,0} {1,6,7,8} {1,6,7,9} {1,6,7,0} {1,6,8,9} {1,6,8,0} {1,6,9,0} {1,7,8,9} {1,7,8,0} {1,7,9,0} {1,8,9,0} {2,3,4,5} {2,3,4,6} {2,3,4,7} {2,3,4,8} {2,3,4,9} {2,3,4,0} {2,3,5,6} {2,3,5,7} {2,3,5,8} {2,3,5,9} {2,3,5,0} {2,3,6,7} {2,3,6,8} {2,3,6,9} {2,3,6,0} {2,3,7,8} {2,3,7,9} {2,3,7,0} {2,3,8,9} {2,3,8,0} {2,3,9,0} {2,4,5,6} {2,4,5,7} {2,4,5,8} {2,4,5,9} {2,4,5,0} {2,4,6,7} {2,4,6,8} {2,4,6,9} {2,4,6,0} {2,4,7,8} {2,4,7,9} {2,4,7,0} {2,4,8,9} {2,4,8,0} {2,4,9,0} {2,5,6,7} {2,5,6,8} {2,5,6,9} {2,5,6,0} {2,5,7,8} {2,5,7,9} {2,5,7,0} {2,5,8,9} {2,5,8,0} {2,5,9,0} {2,6,7,8} {2,6,7,9} {2,6,7,0} {2,6,8,9} {2,6,8,0} {2,6,9,0} {2,7,8,9} {2,7,8,0} {2,7,9,0} {2,8,9,0} {3,4,5,6} {3,4,5,7} {3,4,5,8} {3,4,5,9} {3,4,5,0} {3,4,6,7} {3,4,6,8} {3,4,6,9} {3,4,6,0} {3,4,7,8} {3,4,7,9} {3,4,7,0} {3,4,8,9} {3,4,8,0} {3,4,9,0} {3,5,6,7} {3,5,6,8} {3,5,6,9} {3,5,6,0} {3,5,7,8} {3,5,7,9} {3,5,7,0} {3,5,8,9} {3,5,8,0} {3,5,9,0} {3,6,7,8} {3,6,7,9} {3,6,7,0} {3,6,8,9} {3,6,8,0} {3,6,9,0} {3,7,8,9} {3,7,8,0} {3,7,9,0} {3,8,9,0} {4,5,6,7} {4,5,6,8} {4,5,6,9} {4,5,6,0} {4,5,7,8} {4,5,7,9} {4,5,7,0} {4,5,8,9} {4,5,8,0} {4,5,9,0} {4,6,7,8} {4,6,7,9} {4,6,7,0} {4,6,8,9} {4,6,8,0} {4,6,9,0} {4,7,8,9} {4,7,8,0} {4,7,9,0} {4,8,9,0} {5,6,7,8} {5,6,7,9} {5,6,7,0} {5,6,8,9} {5,6,8,0} {5,6,9,0} {5,7,8,9} {5,7,8,0} {5,7,9,0} {5,8,9,0} {6,7,8,9} {6,7,8,0} {6,7,9,0} {6,8,9,0} {7,8,9,0}
You will have to recalculate. You may use up to six digits in the combination (if memory serves). Now other-than-four-digit combinations may be weak and thus unsuitable, but the user is not prevented from their use, so they must be included in the count.
Sorry I did not include this bit of esoterica, but I didn’t forsee your rigorous thought process. On this site, we’re lucky to get the guys to count above two.
So, it would be (# of 6-digit combos)+(# of 5-digit combos)+(# of 4-digit combos) = 252+210+210 = 672, Closer, but I may have very easily miscalculated.
Don’t forget the 3-, 2- and 1-digit combos, either. If you have already gotten to 672, maybe it was me that got it wrong. Anyway, I am recalling the number from over a year ago, and, who knows, I could be wrongish. The point was that the design put a serious restriction on the number of combinations and most users would have no clue of the weakness. The instruction sheet sure wasn’t gonna mention that! BTW, GE blister packs these with the Supra name visible; they are found in the doorbell section, I guess on the grounds that it is something that goes on a door.
adding 120 3-digit combos, 45 2-digit combos and 10 1-digit combos yields 847 (still not more than a couple hours’ work for a thief who knew the owner wouldn’t be around for that period of time), but I can’t help asking the point of (particularly) a 1-digit ‘combination’ to secure anything. Then, again, in WWII, the Germans wired all their Enigma machine keys to the entry rotor simply in alphabetical order for non-steckered keys, if other than the ‘it’s so simple, who would think of it?’ (besides Marian Rejewski)
Homework: key locks (combo locks are easy to pick)
A man. a plan – Panama!
I used to save my friends when they would forget
their combinations. The same technique works with
safes.
So, lug, as in lug nuts, has a common root with a
lock of hair? Far out! How about canal locks?
palindrome time!
Something missing in the middle, methinks. Maybe not so smart after all.
, Panama.
A man, a p
Write you answers in the comments below.
Ooops! LOL! Right you are – hmmm…?
“A man, a plan, A CANAL – Panama”
(It was after midnite here – I was sleepin’)
<a href=http://norvig.com/palindrome.html?World’s Longest Palindrome
Yeow! (still sleepin’)
World’s Longest Palindrome
dear,
hot for words i want to request the word cancer because my father had it not to long ago……
Thank,
Kenshin5455
Thats not very nice is it?
kenshin5455 do you see Marina in the videos, Then you must have cancer. no thats not very nice
I’m so Sorry i just want to know where the word cancer came from and my father relay had cancer
lock is the dock—I WAS TEASED as a child from my older brothers because, my parents saved the curly lock i was born with
I was born a natural blond!
(but I got smarter)
Too damn smart!
I was born with a beard; Mother was tickled pink.
So you were a toehead.
Seeming as the big election in america has just happened i was wondering where the word “President” came from
okay – here’s my homework: i ref collegiate volleyball, and going ’round to different schools some of ‘em (not enough of ‘em, but some) have lockers for us to put our stuff in while we’re reffing the match. i carry a combo lock with me just for that purpose. i don’t worry ’bout forgetting the combo since i’ve had this particular lock for (***drum roll***) forty years.
yep, it was my lock back when i was in high school, back when you had to buy a lock for gym class…do they even have gym class anymore?…
oh, and most of my locks of hair have kinda come unlocked from my head…
Wow Annuder you believe in recycling don’t you. 40 years old. Now that’s impressive. I think the oldest think I have is my Lincoln arc welder which is 30 years old. Given to me by my wife when we first got married. Oh I forgot my 30 year wife also.
The oldest dated things I have are:
1. 19th century novel.
2. A small metal fingernail file from the 1915 World’s Fair.
3. A silver dollar from 1921, the year my mom was born.
4. An Eveready D cell from 1943 (cat logo). I suppose it’s a little weak by now, but it doesn’t leak.
When I was a kid, my great uncle gave me an early 1900s Panamanian nickle (about 3/8th of an inch in diameter) that he got while in the Navy, but the tiny thing got lost. That really ticked me off.
I also have a rock that is four million years and one day old. I know this because, yesterday, someone told me it was four million years old.
i had a wife for 17 yrs, then i got recycled…
i also carry my father’s pocketknife, a pipe knife by Case that isn’t made anymore…
memories are the best things to hold onto, though…at least the good ones…
What an interesting thought: “old things”(besides me.) I have a Browning Auto-5 12 gauge that was made in 1927, and a surveyor’ s kit (plumb, level,and stuff about which I haven’t a clue) that my father’s father used clearing and building this area shortly after the start of the twentieth century.
Unless you have some relatives to pass the surveyor’s kit onto that will appreciate it, you should look into donating it to a museum or historical society. Things that have a definite relationship to local history have a tendency to not be recognized and thus not preserved for future generations.
Lemme guess… 32-15-6? LOL!
Over my head!
nope…
Marina, I say this in almost every comment, but I have to keep saying it; I think I love you.
if you have to think about it, you don’t…
i do love Marina…
You’re right, I am 100 percent sure that I LOVE MARINA!!!!
I’m 100% sure that we all love Marina.
what do you mean by “love” Bob & who does “we” include… just missn’ aLx here.
Well done for the disclaimer
Damn straight, amigo!
With Thanksgiving approaching, I would like to see an explanation of the origin of the word “banquet”.
I like a key lock instead of combination locks as combination locks are too easy to open by the pull down on the lock and turn the dial method. But I have a lock pick set so key locks beware, and a set of slim jims for autos with a set of miniature air bags to pry the doors of the vehicle ajar to insert a jimmy tool. Oh I forgot a number 10 shoe in case the lock pick set doesn’t work.
I thank my job for the training to be a lock picker. 
Oh I forgot one major tool. It is a 2 dollar automatic center punch. It will take out a vehicle’s side or rear window with one auto punch from this tool. This tool was designed for punching dimples in metal to start a drill point, and it crossed over to emergency services to facilitate quick entry to vehicles if a child or animal was in a hot vehicle and no one was present at the time of extrication.
One night in the early 90’s I heard someone outside of work and looked out to see a guy with an automatic center punch breaking my van window. Cost me $40 and took forever to clean out the glass fragments. Was that you?
Wooden wedges also serve well to open locked
car doors. And, no, it won’t spring the door as
one might think it would. Works even when a
slim jim defeat system is in the door. You never
know when these skills will come in handy, but
I usually find it’s easier than getting a locksmith
out to a jobsite when a contractor locks his keys
in the van. One more trick is to bend a steel rod
into the shape of a “J” and use it to tap the lock
button up on cars with SJ defeat systems.
I like the key locks, yet I think it’s sad these days we have to lock things up. What ever happened to trust??
And the government wants to take that off the money. The Trust part. So who would we trust, not the government that’s for sure.
No sweat, they put a key right in
the Treasury seal
Trust went out the window when drugs went up the nose.
Whatever you do… do not try locks on a bagel with cream cheese… ooooh!
Oooo I dislike those kind of Locks or is it Loxes. Is Lox one of those words like fish
Yup!
Oh yea.
I am a retired firefighter so we were taught all about different gasses. 
And that’s why, to this day, they don’t serve beans at firehouses.
One time I used a heavy duty u-shaped lock to lock my bike to a post in a busy area. I lost the keys so I took a two 25 foot extension cords and an angle grinder to the spot to cut it. I thought I’d do this intentionally looking suspicious to see what would happen. I found an outlet at an apartment building and started cutting away the lock. We are talking serious loud noise and sparks flying 10 feet. Next, I tip-toed over to my car and tossed the bike into the trunk while looking both ways.
Nobody gave shit.
… a shit!
Fun and exciting wasn’t it. Making everyone think you were stealing it, but no one even cared if you were a thief. Kewl.
I do like the new keyless locks for cars nowadays,
all you need is to have the key/chip in your pocket and the door will unlock as you approach the car then you just turn the ignition on with you keyless hand. neat-o
Hey Che I like the the kind of locks that’s on my GMC pickup. You just need a sharp object to turn the lock mechanism and open the door.
Don’t leave home without your Swiss Army Knife.
I was in a borrowed Porsche once, it stalled in an intersection (my fault) when I went to restart it I snapped the key off in my haste; reached in my pocket pulled out my SAK, jambed it into the ignition, restarted the car, did all this is seconds; then went directly to the locksmith for a new key.
I am like a big boy scout and always prepared. But I got kicked out for eating a brownie, but I do carry my k-nife.
….just buy the cookies next time
Hey, Capman, do you still remember her name?
Will the key still open the door if the cell in the key is dead or the vehicle battery is dead?
My semi-new ( 5 year old ) car key must be clicked to unlock ( and disarm the alarm ) the car but it also has a small key hidden in the clicker that will also unlock the door. I’m still on the original battery.
I’m wondering if once I’m in the car the clicker ( which is also the ignition key ) will start the car.
So what about water locks that are on rivers, canals etc.
This mystery is still not 100% solved hotforwords.
Dear совершенная Marina, I’m glad you’re back home from your vacation in Hawaii.
I hope it was nice to relax, there. 
While “lock” means both a locking mechanism and also a small bit of hair, it is also used as a verb. For instance, we say that we “locked” the door.
To answer your question, I prefer to use key-type locks. Thet’re faster and easier to use than combination locks.
I hope you quickly recover from any “jet lag” caused by changing time zones. Remember to get enough sleep.
Your dear student, seesixcm6
“….got a lock on the target sir.” Fire!!
Your Target Che.
I love how these comments are so carefree..youtube gets depressing sometimes..
New word request: “brassiere”
oh Melody, you’re making me blush
aw..lol
I guess the thought of that video would give you goosebumps eh?
We have asked her to do bra or brassiere after she did the panties video. But to no avail. So maybe Marina will do it for you we all hope so.
Hey, she should..from one woman to another..
Does your “we” include aLx? or even me?
Interesting to note … if “panties” is singular, would “Brassier” be considered plural??
Would “Brassier” be considered two requests or a double request, carrying considerably more wieght than a single request? BTW cpn911 you scared me yesterday :-/
brassiere was this the man who invented and convinced womans that it was some hugh mistake if they attempted to live without several in their wardrobe?
new vid
the partic camera i use codes video as M-JPEG (which is very high quality .. essentially a series of still images). .. so i use a couple of free progs to compress it into a mp4 container with h.264 format video and aac audio.
i guess there might have been some sw that came with it to do that kind of thing, but i’m used to those for when i rip dvds n so forth.
i belive there’s lots of vid cameras now that have youtube in mind and record directly in a format for upload.
Isn’t <i.all video “a series of frames?” I suppose you could paint the screen once and then just repaint those pixels that have changed, but has that been done? I suspect that transmitting the address of the pixels needing to be changed would consume as much (or more) bandwidth as an entire scanned frame would. (Scanning needs no addressessing as such; sending an entire scan needs only synch pulses at the start of each frame and line.) Anyone got any experience in that area?
ah but .. in proper