Comments on: Always look in the refrigerator https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/ Sat, 01 May 2010 17:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Buffybot https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517944 Sat, 01 May 2010 17:26:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517944 In Customs/Airport lingo ‘PAX’ is an abbreviation for ‘passenger’.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517943 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:20:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517943 So what language would “pax” mean a flock?

I have no idea if this is from some existing language. I had assumed it was connected with the latin word though some Cockney transformation or code system.

]]> By: khan https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517942 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:16:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517942 On various occasions, have found car keys and wallet in freezer.

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517941 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:36:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517941 Car keys in the fridge? *groan* reminds me too much of very silly people and bullets in the freezer …

One of my favorite lines is still “did you try looking on top of your head?”

So what language would “pax” mean a flock?

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517940 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:29:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517940 Cain: Yes. Absolutely. Everybody got told right away. We partied.

outeast: I don’t think so. Remotely possible because it can’t be shown impossible, maybe, but extraordinarily unlikely. For this particular tour company and this tour site (the company has many sites) there had never been a known theft.

]]> By: outeast https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517939 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:35:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517939 So it’s not at least as plausible that this was actually a theft that was ‘sorted out’ in a way that caused no loss of face while you were out of camp?

]]> By: Cain https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517938 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:57:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/04/29/always-look-in-the-refrigerato/#comment-517938 Did you go back and tell the vehicle guards everything was found? Otherwise, they would be freaking out all night.

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