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  1. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It was one Sunday evening early in September of the year 1902 that I received one of Holmes’s laconic messages: “Come at once if convenient — if inconvenient come all the same. — S. H.”

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1923-03), “The Adventure of the Creeping Man,” The Strand Magazine, Vol 65

    More info about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlock #sherlockholmes #convenience #imposition #inconvenience #message #summons

  2. Kudos🇪🇸👏 unlike spineless 🤦‍♂️UK, US & Germany

    #Spain #summons Israeli charge d'affaires over comments by #Netanyahu's office
    "Sanchez had justified te measures by say'g Spain lacked nuclear bombs, aircraft carriers or large oil reserves to exert pressure on #Israel to stop what he qualified as " #genocide".. Madrid's limitat'ns on ships & aircraft deliver'g #weapons or military-grade jet fuel to Israel, as well as #entrybans on Israeli national security & finance ministers"
    straitstimes.com/world/europe/

  3. omg AGAIN!? I just had another summons back last fall? This is the fourth summons I have had in 20 years. I would love to be on a jury! But September 15th is the middle of class time! There is no substitute for my position at work. So there is simply no way I can be completely away from work for two weeks.

    Why can’t they at least make a priority list or something that you could indicate what times of year you are more likely to be able to serve?

    Will have to ask permission to decline this again :(

    Have you ever been summoned? My wife has never.
    #summons #civicduty #juryduty

  4. Betelgeuse

    As an amateur astronomer, I eventually ran into the name Betelgeuse. Only about 50 stars have proper names (rather than unique tags) and this was one of them. I tripped over this name when I first encountered it. Was it Bettell – geese? Bettell goose? I gave up and moved on.

    When the movie Beetle Juice first came out, I actually made the connection. But I wasn’t sure so I also asked a professional astronomer how to pronounce it. They proved my guess was right when they said it’s Beetle Juice. Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!

    Well I was just wondering how on earth astronomers managed to stay out of Beetle Juice’s clutches, when they said Betelgeuse like it was no big thing. Sometimes three times. Is there a way that Beetle Juice can somehow sense the spelling of the name, too, although they are speaking and there is no phonetic difference?

    Then I looked up this site and found that Beetle Juice can be banished if you say his name 3 times after he has shown up. So all those astronomers willy nilly saying Betelgeuse 3 times just have to say it three more times.

    Since they’re wrapped up in their work, they might not even notice him when Beetle Juice first shows up. And in the meantime they’ve likely said Betelgeuse three more times.

    But I’m a tad more paranoid than your average professional astronomer. As such I counted how many times I wrote Beetle Juice or Betelgeuse. Since for generally being free of mayhem, it must be in multiples of six. I write Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, to leave on a good footing.

    #amateurAstronomy #banishes #BeetleJuice #Betelgeuse #mayhem #movie #onlyAbout50StarsHaveProperNames #phoneticDifference #professionalAstronomer #sayingBeetleJuiceThreeTimes #summons

  5. Say what you want, I am one #determined bastard.

    Heisenberg is goin' down in the fifth.

    #science #pun, #enlightenment, and/or #cheap #joke? Who is this man? Who #summons the three?

  6. Circle Informs Clients of IRS Inquiry Into $20K Annual Transactions - Numerous advocates of digital currencies report that Circle Internet Financial has... - news.bitcoin.com/circle-inform #cryptocurrency #cryptocompany #cryptofirm #taxagency #summons #circle #crypto #news #irs

  7. Another #jury #summons -- and I should be in-country for this one, so I may actually end up serving.