# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 95
**Author:** ![Dankies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dankies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dankies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1881 "2003-02-24T04:52:29Z")
Slow … that is what I am … ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1882 "2003-02-24T04:52:32Z")
**S** uck on this, LOTR!!! ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1883 "2003-02-24T04:52:37Z")
**R** eally - I’m signing off now. Night night. You too, Kat! ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1884 "2003-02-24T04:52:38Z")
**T** he witching hour approaches. At least, on this coast. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1885 "2003-02-24T04:52:43Z")
**R** eally, that could be a good thing. It’ll help you fit in better here. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1886 "2003-02-24T04:54:15Z")
**S** ticking around… at least for another 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Dankies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dankies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dankies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1887 "2003-02-24T04:55:37Z")
Ummm that was just horrible … Our grammar Teachers should beat us for that … ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1888 "2003-02-24T04:56:00Z")
**V** erily, I’m outta here until the morrow. Unable to resist one more “verily.” ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1889 "2003-02-24T04:56:10Z")
**V** elveeta cheese is great for nachos. Anybody want some? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1890 "2003-02-24T04:56:31Z")
**U** ndoubtably, I’m just slow… ---
**Author:** ![Dankies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dankies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dankies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1891 "2003-02-24T04:56:47Z")
Well … I’ll have some Cheese … With nacho’s :-p ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1892 "2003-02-24T04:57:14Z")
**Watcher** , you don’t mean that! Stay up and greet the dawn with us! ---
**Author:** ![Dankies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dankies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dankies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1893 "2003-02-24T04:58:03Z")
X … what starts with X … darnnation … ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1894 "2003-02-24T04:58:46Z")
**W** e’ll carry on with this tomorrow, right? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1895 "2003-02-24T04:59:13Z")
**X** cellent, **Dankies**! Here you go… ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1896 "2003-02-24T04:59:17Z")
**X** - the red windows X, is really hard to click on to leave this thread for the night. Must do it, must click the X, must click the X… ---
**Author:** ![Dankies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dankies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dankies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1897 "2003-02-24T04:59:44Z")
You know we will … ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1898 "2003-02-24T04:59:59Z")
**Y** es, we will. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1899 "2003-02-24T05:01:26Z")
**Z** enith. Good word, can’t figure out how to start a sentence with it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dankies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dankies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dankies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1900 "2003-02-24T05:01:47Z")
Z im·ped·ance Symbol Z A measure of the total opposition to current flow in an alternating current circuit, made up of two components, ohmic resistance and reactance, and usually represented in complex notation as Z = R + iX, where R is the ohmic resistance and X is the reactance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=96)