I think I need a new avatar.
I think I need a new avatar.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
One of the blogs reminded me of my favorite billboard. In big letters it says "Got Balls?" and in smaller letters underneath it says "We've got gowns."
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Above post reminded me of the ad campaign, "Got Milk?" which I HATE! No, I do not. I hate milk!
I wonder how they roll cigars. I think i'll go look that one up.
Told by a fool, signifying nothing.
Love is something you grow into, much like your laughter.
"It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows with wisdom how to use the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland."
- Horace
sure wish I could find a job.
Told by a fool, signifying nothing.
Carrying 2 months of cans shopping on your back is a bad bad bad idea take note kiddies so you dont end up crippled like stupid night here!
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Computer keyboards in Demark = mono going crazy!
It took me some 30 minutes just to type an analysis on a short passage from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, for crying out loud! I consider myself an above-average typist, but this has driven me mad.
mono you can switch the keyboard to american as long as you know how to touch type.
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*sigh*
"My warm hands have made the paper limp,
So that its feel reminds me of slept-in sheets: comfortable and safe"
"All these things I say... I say them because I want you to know, I don't ever want to regret afterwards that I didn't say enough, I would rather say too much." ~ Samuel Selvon
Ah, my Queen of Smileys, I would if I could, but I have gotten used to it a bit. Most of it seems the same, but I trip on keys like 'æ,' 'ø,' 'µ,' and '£.' I will conform somehow, though I feel a bit bitter about my laptop having some errors with its WiFi . . . grrrr! As sub said in another thread, I will likely get back to the States and, after getting so accustomed to these keyboards, think the American keys unstructured and confusing.Originally Posted by Nightshade
mono you can switch the keyboard to american as long as you know how to touch type.
Sometimes I think some people live by the creed, "Live and let give."
"It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows with wisdom how to use the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland."
- Horace
Oh I doubt that chuck, see I was in prague for 3 months and I never got used to czech keyboards being differnt from english ones.Its bad enough that in my house yyou never know f you are going to be using an american or english keyboard- or heaven help us an arbic one. but add in even more symbols?Ah, my Queen of Smileys, I would if I could, but I have gotten used to it a bit. Most of it seems the same, but I trip on keys like 'æ,' 'ø,' 'µ,' and '£.' I will conform somehow, though I feel a bit bitter about my laptop having some errors with its WiFi . . . grrrr! As sub said in another thread, I will likely get back to the States and, after getting so accustomed to these keyboards, think the American keys unstructured and confusing.
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Why don't they have the classes I want when I want them???
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
The big bag con.
Ok, so as of May 1st a lot of the supermarkets around here have started charging 5c per bag - they are doing this under the pretense of being being environmentally responsible and encouraging customers to bring their own bags. I might buy this if the charge was only applied to plastic bags, but they charge for paper ones too - also the money is going into the store's backpocket and not to any environmental cause to determine ways to reduce landfill use (bags are recyclable)
I did some quick math and here is the extra revenue the stores are generating, but first some reasoned assumptions:
Average of 4 bags per customer - I am using an arbitary number here, but do not think it is absurd as for every person coming in and only leaving with one bag you can find someone doing a weeks shopping for a family and leaving with 10
Average of 950 customers per day - I work in retail in this town and am very familiar with number of transactions per day, this is a very conservative estimate
so now the figures:
$0.05 x 4 x 950 = $190/day x 365.25 = $69,397.50/year in extra income! Wow!!!
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Who put too much wine in his stew
He felt a bit drunk
And fell off his bunk
And landed smack into his shoe ~(C) Ms Niamh Anne King
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