# Random questions **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 2, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811 "2021-05-02T01:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 144
**Author:** ![The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_president/32/70075_2.png) [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2877 "2026-08-27T20:39:07Z")
Yup, those are definitely random questions. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2878 "2026-09-05T17:46:46Z")
I will be at ImpACT in October. Will anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2879 "2026-09-09T12:33:11Z")
why is the word _conversation **al** ist,_ not just _conversationist_? Like, why add that extra, unnecessary syllable? ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2880 "2026-09-09T12:35:21Z")
Probably to avoid the confusion some might have that the “-ist” is the conversation without making the root in the adjectival form. ---
**Author:** ![quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/quoll/32/81747_2.png) [@quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/u/quoll)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2881 "2026-09-09T15:50:57Z")
It’s like the words nationalist and rationalist. It’s the noun form of somebody who is conversational. Although it does seem inconsistent with the word conservationist. English is inconsistent. ---
**Author:** ![Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/hip_tiger/32/447_2.png) [@Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Hip_tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2882 "2026-09-09T21:52:24Z")
I’m an inconsistentalist. ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2883 "2026-09-09T22:00:17Z")
Why does the dog poop right after I clean up all the poop in the yard? ---
**Author:** ![quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/quoll/32/81747_2.png) [@quoll](https://community.goactuary.com/u/quoll)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2884 "2026-09-09T22:02:15Z")
A clean lawn to a dog is like fresh powder to a skier. ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2885 "2026-09-10T01:06:02Z")
If you walk in the bathroom and the toilet hasn’t been flushed do you do #2 before you flush? ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2886 "2026-09-10T01:14:47Z")
It’s probably just that it always poops all the time, so of course it does right after you clean up. ---
**Author:** ![under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/96bed5/32.png) [@under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/u/under12parsecs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2887 "2026-09-10T01:52:42Z")
Would you travel 4.5 hours each way by yourself for a day trip? The primary goal is a 1.5 mile hike. There another appealing hike also nearby, but it’s 8 miles, which I’m less enthusiastic about doing alone. I was hoping to convince my son who likes hiking to go, but 9 hours of travel time (most of it driving but part involves a ferry) is more than he’s interested in, and staying at a hotel about halfway there tonight didn’t convince him, either. ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2888 "2026-09-10T05:36:41Z")
I’d need the overnight, as there’s no way I’m getting up early enough for myself to make that work. I don’t mind the drive, though. Some thinking time, some clearing-the-mind time. But to do it for the 1.5 miles, it had better be a spectacular 1.5 miles. ---
**Author:** ![The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_president/32/70075_2.png) [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2889 "2026-09-10T11:28:29Z")
Sounds like something that should be a proper weekend trip. Leave Friday. Hike 8 miles Saturday, do some other stuff. Do the 1.5 Sunday before heading back. ---
**Author:** ![under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/96bed5/32.png) [@under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/u/under12parsecs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2890 "2026-09-10T14:23:28Z")
Plot twist: Son asked what time we’re leaving about 15 minutes before I’d planned to leave. We missed the ferry I was hoping to catch, so we’re in line for the next. He agreed that the 8-9 mile hike is pushing it, so we’ll do the short hike and check out part of the nearby national park. The 1.5 mile hike is the far point, but there’s other stuff to check out more proximal. I think tossing out thst there were some recommended gluten free options in the main town about halfway there. The last time he visited the Olympic National Park, he entered via the west side, and came home hungry (very few food options, even fewer celiac safe ones). ---
**Author:** ![under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/96bed5/32.png) [@under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/u/under12parsecs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2891 "2026-09-11T15:12:40Z")
![IMG_4398](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/8/18c9b294051da2443b15351417abc44ed3d00059.jpeg) Cape Flattery (primary goal) ![IMG_4380](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/5/f5ecc0970c6b27ef1ef69f35e210481e0659c3b6.jpeg) Hurricane Ridge Hike itself? Pretty, but not worth the drive, although we did get to see whales in the distance. Spending time with my son and the trip helping him plan a future venture? Absolutely worth it. He was much more impressed with Port Angeles over Forks as a launching pad for the Olympic National Park. ---
**Author:** ![The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_president/32/70075_2.png) [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2892 "2026-09-12T00:44:06Z")
Was the the 8-9 mile hike? Looks awesome. ---
**Author:** ![under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/96bed5/32.png) [@under12parsecs](https://community.goactuary.com/u/under12parsecs)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2893 "2026-09-12T02:45:40Z")
Cape Flattery trail (top photo) was 1.5 miles, and Hurricane Hill trail (bottom photo) was 3.5 miles. The 8-9 mile hike is Shi Shi Beach on tribal land on the coast about 20 minutes south of Cape Flattery. My son says he wants to do that hike sometime (presumably preferably with his friends vs me). It could be done as a day, but it’d be similar to what we did yesterday, with an early start and getting home late (we were gone from about 6:30am-10:30pm). However, it’d be more enjoyable to stay in either Forks (a little closer to Shi Shi Beach but otherwise unappealing) or Port Angeles (about an additional half hour away but more lodging and dining options) and see another sight in the area. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2894 "2026-09-20T03:50:38Z")
Why does checking my son out for lunch and returning him before the end of recess (with no classes between) count as absence time? ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2895 "2026-09-22T03:39:32Z")
blame the public school funding formula ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-questions/2811/2896 "2026-10-03T01:54:48Z")
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