[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 79, Issue 12

[M.D. S]

I am going to keep this email, not because of all the typical Newton
related information dispensed but because of Frank's Law of Unexpected
Disappearances. Brilliant!  I'm going to remember this when I'm looking for
something that I know should be in a certain place but isn't (at that
moment) :)

I usually stop and tell myself this is insane (based on the adage that
insanity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over again and
expecting a different result). I'm now going to sit back, relax, and have a
drink before searching again.  Thank you Frank!  :)
Glad I recently stocked up on Aviation Gin and 2 sorts of local liqueur
called Courreur des Bois, an excellent maple whiskey that goes down well
after a poutine.

Cheers!

Mike


Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:46:24 +0200
> From: "NewtonTalk" <newtontalk at pda-soft.de>
> To: <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Idential ROM changes
>
> > I can't figure out at what point I lost track of reality?! That I can't
> explain.
>
> Well, in this case the explanation is easy. The reason must be yet another
> occurrence of FLOUD (Frank's Law Of Unexpected Disappearances).
>
> It does occasionally happen that things, or situations, accidentally slip
> into a time level that's marginally shifted relative to the time level you
> are currently in. Thus, to all intents and purposes, they've disappeared
> from your personal reality, although they're usually but a couple of
> milliseconds away. You just can't see, hear, smell, taste or feel them
> because human senses only work in the present.
>
> Most things and situations are, thank God, keenly aware of the time level
> they SHOULD be in, so they'll usually remedy this problem on their own
> within a couple of seconds or minutes at most. That's why most times you
> won't even notice they were missing. But if you're looking for them while
> they're gone, you'll never find them, because they're considerate of your
> mental health and thus avoid appearing out of nothing before your very
> eyes.
>
> Normally it's sufficient to simply sit back and wait. Relax, have a drink,
> and wait for them to do their thing. If you start searching too early,
> you'll normally find them a couple of days later where you expected them in
> the first place and where you looked at least 20 times.
>
> I normally tell the story of my soldering station here. But that story's as
> off-topic as off-topic can be...
>
> Regards
>
> Frank
>