What would you change?
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Yes, jello is a brand but it's what we use instead of "gelatin." Kind of like "kleenex" for facial tissue. The first time in Australia I asked for kleenex no one knew what the heck I was asking for. rubbish bin = trash can Oh, and I've never heard it called a "barbie." Everyone I knew called it a Weber...the brand name. Now i want an Anzac cookie. They don't sell them at our Subways. Oh, what is Burger King again there? Hungy Jack? btw..where in Mel?
We have Kleenex, we're just less likely to replace a generic term with a brand, for some reason. Yeah, it's a rubbish bin. A BBQ is a barbie. A Weber is one of those dome things. A barbie can be a pile of bricks with a steel plate over it. Burger King was Burger King the first time, they came back as Hungry Jacks. The menus are all different as well. WE don't have tons of stuff like Jack in a box, Steak n shake, Taco Bell, etc. Melbourne is on the bottom right, it's a port city. Tasmania is an island state below it, that's where I live now. I find myself using US terminology because the main person I speak to nowadays besides my family is in Texas. Some friends called me on it last night, I think I said cookies, or candy perhaps. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
As for the cigarettes, I just don't get it.
Hard to explain... there's just something delightfully wrong about going hiking and then stopping off for a bloody mary and a cigarette. Kinda like going for a cheeseburger and milkshake after a visit to the dentist...
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You realize, of course, that I used to smoke 3 packs a day... ;) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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leckey wrote:
Well, the ratio of men to women in here is definately skewed in one direction, but I'm used to it.
So are we, and as you see... :laugh: you are bound to attract attention because of that ratio. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Damn, and here I thought it was my breasts, uh, I mean, personality. After college was always fun. I come from a small state where people tend to stay in the area after graduation. I always get, "Hey! I remember you! I had class xyz with you!" No doubt you remember me. I was always the one white girl in every computer class...
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Amature hour. I hit a kangaroo once at about 120 km/h. The car was a write off, the chassis was bent out of shape and the roo hopped away. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
but the mind wasn't it.
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
"The Last Samurai" - From Katsumoto's son as Capt. Algren practices with sword master Ujio:
Oh. And here I thought you were dissing me. :-D Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Oh. And here I thought you were dissing me.
Encouraging you, more likely. :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Free humanity from all collectivist ideological principles. "You get that which you tolerate"
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
"The Last Samurai"
Is that a good movie btw? I'm not a Tom Cruise fan, so I never really bothered to see it. But, I've heard people talk about it positively. Jeremy Falcon
Although he plays a starring role, this didn't strike me as a Tom Cruise movie so much as just a good movie with an excellent cast all around. It was set in the Meiji Restoration period of Japan, when they decided to go western industrial and consequently obsoleted the Samurai, some of whom decided not to go quietly. It's a movie about honor, duty and the knightly code of the warrior (Samurai were the Japanese equivalent of the European medeival knights). It's beautifully shot and is a very moving experience. If you rent the DVD, get the wide screen version. Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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V8 and orange juice is an excellent breakfast, i've found. :cool:
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V8 can also make a nice base for a Bloody Mary. Add some Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, lemon, salt, pepper, celery, and oh yeah, a healthy dose of vodka. Heavy on the Worcestershire sauce if you want to take the lightness out of the V8. Of course, the best thing about Bloody Maries is that you can use cheap vodka. Can't get away with that in a martini. :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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It happens a lot. Roos are startled by bright lights and react by doing ....well ...nothing. They just stand there mesmerized and need a polite slap from a ton of steel to wake up again. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
That's how I know as an American I spent too much time in Australia. You start to think of roos as deer with long tails. For those of you Americans who have never been to Oz, they have kangaroo crossing signs like we have deer crossing signs. They are everywhere and also give the "deer/kangaroo look in the headlights."
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Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
I would go back and visit my past selves at the following ages: 10 years old: Tell myself to insist my father keep up his visitation rights, and insist on my seeing him. I haven't seen him since. 14 years old: I'd tell him that, even if it got me beat up, hit G.B. back, at least once. 18 years old: I'd smack that first pack of cigarrettes out of my hand, and I tell myself that I would come back and kill my sorry ass if I picked them up again. 19 years old: I don't care if the sex is that good; you can wait until you get out of college to get married. 23 years old: Tell T.R. to take his job offer, fold it until it's all sharp corners, and ... 34 years old: I'd tell him it isn't going to work, and he had the right idea in the first place. He knows what I'm talking about, so I won't explain it here.
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You realize, of course, that I used to smoke 3 packs a day... ;) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
I didn't... hmm, assuming a solid 4hrs of smoke-free sleep, that's about 15min between cigs. ...I suppose it'd stop being special pretty fast.
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I find it very illuminating that I get voted down for such a simple statement. John Galt indeed... "You get that which you tolerate"
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BoneSoft wrote:
If you could wave a wand and institute flat tax, why not make that no tax?
I considered that, but frankly, that's an impossible situation. And in fact, I'm happy to pay a certain amount of my income for a variety of things. But in this day and age, I would like the ability to specify exactly where my tax money goes. I may want it to go flowers, and you may want it to go to guns, and that's fine. But I'd at least like to control where my taxes go, rather than let some idiot politician steal it for his salary, his mistress, his pet projects, his lobby, and last of all, some remote possibility of representing my interests. Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
I'm still voting for no taxes. But as long as I have to pay them, I don't want to tell them where to put it towards, but I want a receipt at the end of the year telling me where all my money went and who decided.
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Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Christopher Duncan wrote:
If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better?
Why, understand women ofcourse. :rolleyes: --- With best regards, A Manchester United Fan The Genius of a true fool is that he can mess up a foolproof plan!
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Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
To have some nice open-late night cafés in town just like our euro neighbours.
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Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Christopher Duncan wrote:
what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better?
To have a partner to share life with before I get too old to remember why I wanted one in the first place! Material possessions aren't work anything compared to that.
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I'd get rid of my procrastination and my fear of success. BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven WrightSimple solution - They say to do everything in moderation. So just moderate your procrastination to one activity. In other words, procrastinate on procrastination itself.
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Techies enjoy a better standard of living than many, and we get paid to do what we enjoy. Still, most people have goals, dreams and desires of a better life, even if they don’t believe it’s possible to achieve them. If you could wave a magic wand, what (non-technical) things would you change to make your life better? Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
I'd like to turn the sun down a good five degrees celsius. But mostly I wish I could carry on living the past three months as things were, but unfortunately change is inevitable.
"... This man is obviously a psychotic." "We-he-ell, uh, I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all the facts are in." (Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
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