New Testingstan

Gracias.

And it went off again. And on.

Currently deep in my bed, on my phone.

And here's number three ! Around 30 seconds, this time.

I'm getting tired of re-setting my alarm-clock... This is starting to become annoying.

no, torch is correct
silly colonials

So, after action report.

We had between 5 and 6 power-cuts (or maybe even more) during the night in a span of two to three hours. It fucked up the garage's door, and we'll have to call the repairmen so that they can re-program the damn beast (it seems like the safety battery that keep the thing programmed is dead).

As I suspected and if my sources are trustworthy, it was a problem at the local transformer station. A defective coil it seems. I don't have more details.

evilsoup wrote:no, torch is correct
silly colonials

Neither term really makes any sense.

Oxymoron wrote:As I suspected and if my sources are trustworthy, it was a problem at the local transformer station.

My classmates are assholes.

huh?

My "source" was a classmate who IIRC work at the company tasked to ensure the distribution of electrical power to everyone, and he was just toying with me, telling me lies because heh ! if you want serious informations you don't ask it to you classmates on facebook, right ?

Several of them even told me "NO ONE CARES", with a number of "likes" pilling on their useless commentaries.

Fuckers.

hey can i friend you on fb

Why not.

Nicolas Mendez

The guy holding a literal (badly 'shopped) can of whup-ass.

there's a billion nicolas mendezes

can you pm me the email you use or something

Shroom you should just post yours because I think no one has your pseudonym

flashlight kinda makes sense if you consider historically the battery didn't last long so you would like only flash the light on briefly to conserve power

i guess torch makes sense too since it serves the same purpose but british english is some bastardized nonsense. american english is the one true form

In France we call them "lampe torche" ("torch lamp").

Zaklamp ("pocket light") in Dutch. Why can't none of you get it right?

now there's a good name

what if it doesn't fit in your pocket, though?

Is that a zaklamp in your pocket or are you just happy to see me ?

evilsoup wrote:what if it doesn't fit in your pocket, though?

get a bigger pocket lol

Losonti Tokash wrote:Shroom you should just post yours because I think no one has your pseudonym

Cochengo Sarsaparilla (Shrüm)

adr wrote:flashlight kinda makes sense if you consider historically the battery didn't last long so you would like only flash the light on briefly to conserve power

i guess torch makes sense too since it serves the same purpose but british english is some bastardized nonsense. american english is the one true form

the thing that makes torch weird in my head is that i associate the word 'torch' less with 'light' and more with 'fire'

flashlight's a bit funny but at least it has the word 'light' in it and 'flash' is also largely associated with light


now, lamp or lantern, these words i would have no problem with associating with a handheld electric light generator.

We also have "lampe de poche" => "pocket lamp"

Oxymoron wrote:We also have "lampe de poche" => "pocket lamp"

We call those Fleshlights over here.

As much as I realize the police almost certainly have better things to do with their time on nights like these (like say patrolling for DUIs) I really, really wish they'd spare some officers/deputies to start locking up the people shooting off illegal fireworks all night.