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Which website? I'd query Wolfram Alpha, and then maybe check it on a Statistics 101 web course.Found a website that does the computation, but I wanted to verify
No confidence but guessing without thinking it through....starting with 32 distinct objects and the number of ways to partition them into one set of 13 without repetition is...
32!/13! or...4.2256296e+25
Group lunacy?
Or they might be adverts for A Grand Day Out:
I'm considering reposting this to The Cheese Thread.
Group lunacy?
Or they might be adverts for A Grand Day Out:
I'm considering reposting this to The Cheese Thread.
While the cheese thread welcomes you, the moon is not made of (or from) cheese.
No, neither did I.
And if anyone inhales around me, I get a serious sinus attack.
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Right there with you.
The awful smell alone does that and worse to me. I wish they’d only allow edible pot things to be legal. The strains are much stronger now unfortunately and that makes it worse.
Well, I'm vehemently and violently allergic to nicotine - I get a sinus attack if someone lights up a cigarette in my vicinity.
As a result, I do not permit smoking in my house; actually, it has been a completely smoke free zone for almost twenty years, since my father abruptly gave up smoking his pipe on the eve of a major cardiac operation, enjoying his very last smoke (with great satisfaction) on the night before his operation, sighing and remarking, "well, I enjoyed that; now, that's it," before going cold turkey, and he never again touched his pipe for the remainder of his life.
Prior to that, in fairness, he had confined himself to the kitchen when smoking, and only lit up when all meals were over, instructing us to leave as he wished to smoke. He would pour himself a glass of wine, or a glass of whisky, do the washing up, put on the classical music radio station of the state broadcaster, and proceed to light his pipe.
(My brothers and I are fiercely - I would say, almost fanatically - strong non-smokers).
Actually, I've been at parties (the sort of parties I no longer attend) where people smoked weed, and I had to seek refuge in the kitchen, suffering ferocious sinus attacks, spending three hours blowing my nose non-stop.
I loathe it.
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With you there. When they banned smoking in pubs and restaurants it was such a relief.
Coming home stinking of cigarettes was always my least favourite part of a night out.
I smoked in my teens. From around 13-17.
Then one day I decided to give up. Mostly when they went up to £2 a pack.
Oh, gosh yes, agreed.
Your clothes and hair stinking of cigarette smoke, absolutely hated it.
Then, even before the smoking ban, I used to ask my friends (or guests) to smoke outdoors (which is the norm in continental Europe - nowadays, nobody smokes indoors, except in moody art house films (movies) set in the period 1940s-90s, - instead, they smoke on their balconies, or in their yards, or gardens, or decks) whenever I had invited guests to dinner.
These days, there are no ashtrays in the house.
And, on the rare occasion I do visit a pub with a smoking friend, they request that I take my time when I visit the House of a Thousand Pleasures so that they can have a nice, long, lingering smoke outside.
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Even though I'm a smoker myself, I fully support making all public places smoke free, and was actually quite happy when the smoking ban in bars etc. hit Finland in the year whateveritwaswhenithappened. Also, I'd like the government to tax the hell out of cigarettes and drive the price up as high as they can while they're at it.
As it stands, I like smoking. I get something out of it and that's why I do it. I try to not do it when there are a lot of people around, but until it's entirely illegal, or the prices really shoot through the roof, I guess I'll keep doing it where permitted.
As it stands, I like smoking. I get something out of it and that's why I do it. I try to not do it when there are a lot of people around, but until it's entirely illegal, or the prices really shoot through the roof, I guess I'll keep doing it where permitted.
Yeesh. And I thought I was bad off.
I've been hobbling around the last few days because the inside of my left foot is swollen and hurts. The pain got bad enough the other day that I went out and bought a cane. Visited the same day center and they x-rayed it and think it's arthritis -- but I have an appointment with a podiatrist in a few days and will bring it up with her.
The most frustrating thing? I'm nowhere near being able to cut the grass. Had to have one of my kids come over and do it for me because it was pretty damn tall, and I have no idea when (or if) this thing is going to go away.
I wish you the best of luck.
Because you are partitioning 13 objects and the remaining 32-13=19 objects, I think the answer is
32!
-------------- = 347,373,600
13! (32-13)!
Thanks! Your situation really doesn't sound pleasant either, my sympathies! Hopefully the expert will have some good ideas on how to proceed, best of luck to you as well.
I went to the doc on Friday, and it turns out now is the time to operate, so that's scheduled for next Thursday. Should be a simple enough procedure, but obviously as I can't, and really don't want to, wait a couple of months to get it sorted it's going to cost me quite a bit. But if there's something I've learned during the last few years it's that it's pretty important to have that one doctor that really knows what's going on and has a clear idea on how to navigate the situation, as opposed to being tossed around several different doctors who all have their own view of what's going on and mostly can't agree on a treatment. The latter option would obviously be cheaper (and more time consuming), but I've basically lived like a monk for a while now, so it's time to splurge on myself.
If I remember correctly it was in the early, mid 2000s, though it was still possible to smoke in Zetor on Mannerheimintie in 2005.
I wish you luck with the surgery on next Thursday!
The very best of luck with the operation - or medical procedure - next week.
Again, sympathies and the best of luck.
The only part I was comfortable in was getting it wrong. Believe it or not but at first I scribbled in (32-13)! then inexplicably removed it. Good job!
If I remember correctly it was in the early, mid 2000s, though it was still possible to smoke in Zetor on Mannerheimintie in 2005.
Oh boy, a lot of things, even impossible ones at times, are possible at Zetor! I believe it was 2008 or thereabouts when I first visited the bar, but it has become a regular haunt of sorts since.
Thanks to both of you, much appreciated.
This thought is likely out of the mainstream, but I enjoyed the heck out of seeing Askren look like an idiot last night.
[doublepost=1562503217][/doublepost]Yes, best wishes to you my friend @Mefisto.
[doublepost=1562503217][/doublepost]Yes, best wishes to you my friend @Mefisto.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
Yeah, but who wants to "splurge" on surgery?
I do know what you're saying about doctors. I've had a few that have poked around a problem without being able to really pinpoint it. That's why some people refer to it as the art of medicine, I guess.
Good luck on the surgery Thursday. Let us know how it turns out.
Yeah, but who wants to "splurge" on surgery?
Granted, it's a bit, perhaps, "obscene" to refer to paying for a medical procedure as splurging, but it is what it is. Thing is, I have some money set aside that was earmarked for something else entirely, but some things just are more important, not to mention more time sensitive, than others. The reasoning being, the faster I get better, the faster I can start making back that money. Which is a drag in and of itself, as I don't really get money for lying on the couch while recuperating. Like I said, it is what it is. Things could be much worse.
Right you are. Much like with anything else, once you find an artist that suits you, you tend to want to stick with them.
Really appreciate it.