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Or, as Mark Twain said, the United States has no native criminal class ... except for congress.Mondayman said:Con is the opposite of pro. I guess that makes Congress the opposite of Progress.
Or, as Mark Twain said, the United States has no native criminal class ... except for congress.Mondayman said:Con is the opposite of pro. I guess that makes Congress the opposite of Progress.
Also toilet paper.phinds said:Paper towels apparently can ONLY be made so that they tear everywhere EXCEPT where the perforations are.
My impression is that it's because of the recent discovery of a mass grave of 215 bodies at one of them.Mondayman said:I don't understand why people are suddenly upset this year about residential schools here in Canada.
The Tulsa Massacre is also getting some press, and Xinjiang and Myanmar. The 1948 conquest, ethnic cleansing and colonization of Palestine, not yet.Mondayman said:I don't understand why people are suddenly upset this year about residential schools here in Canada.
Cuz the jig is up. No more royal commission, endless discussion, yada, yada, plus the world is now aware.Mondayman said:I don't understand why people are suddenly upset this year about residential schools here in Canada. Where was this anger years ago? They still existed not even 30 years ago. They were common knowledge. My grandma survived one, and any effort to bring it up to others usually fell flat.
I lived in Kamloops for a few years. An elder who is a friend of mine survived that school. He lived with me for six months and pointed out the grave site to my ex, who's work happens to be in that exact school. It's not like this was some random discovery. People have been asking for years, "Where did my child/children go?"jtbell said:My impression is that it's because of the recent discovery of a mass grave of 215 bodies at one of them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57291530
What about corn? Of course the center is not as tasty (at least to humans).Ivan Seeking said:Why are strawberries the only fruit with the seeds on the outside?
I have a hypothesis: too much change is stressful. People want a vacation that allows them to do their normal routine - but without the downside of responsibility.MikeeMiracle said:Is this post just about technology or can we post stuff about people to? The thing I fail to understand is people who spends countless thousands of pounds to go on holiday to a hot country, stay in a hotel a hundred yards from the beach...and then go swimming in the hotel pool instead of the Sea!
It make zero sense to me, you could have swam in a pool in your own town...
hutchphd said:What about corn?
You left out pizza.Vanadium 50 said:Corn, like ketchup, is a vegetable.
The seeds aren't on the outside. They are covered.hutchphd said:What about corn? Of course the center is not as tasty (at least to humans).
Looks to be on the inside to me:hutchphd said:What about corn? Of course the center is not as tasty (at least to humans).Ivan Seeking said:Why are strawberries the only fruit with the seeds on the outside?
phinds said:You left out pizza.
I've found them quite useful. still have to send a few letters. Now actually the letter itself is scarcely more trouble than an email – you just print it out and fold it up. What I found took far more of my time was the envelopes. If I hadn't done one for a month say, it would usually take me at least four tries before I got it right, printing it on the back and upside down, wrong way round etc. But even more attempts if I had to print my sender's address in the top left corner as we do, a lot of trouble, used to write those by hand often. So helpful if I could just stick a preprinted label there.I make a modest regular contribution to a charity that saves stray dogs and finds them homes. In exchange it gives me these stickers with cute pictures of doggies, I keep up my subscription in gratitude. OK by now I have enough labels to last me quite some years, but I guess I'd feel bad now abandoning the dogs.phinds said:I think it's a hangover from the days when more snail mail went out. Personally, I've been using those things for years. I mail probably an average of 3 paper bills a week. I don't have a smartphone and have no interest in on-line bill pay.
I have red air-ambulance helicopters.epenguin said:cute pictures of doggies
No licking - they're self-adheringKeith_McClary said:And after all that you have to be careful of paper cuts while licking them.
They're doing a health and safety assessment, working out the chances that the couch might jump on them, or run away.Ivan Seeking said:Why do they have to think about doing something for 1 to 5 minutes before finally doing it; like jumping up on the couch.
They definitely see servants in all of us.Ivan Seeking said:What do your cats really think of you?
Depending on the time of year, there can be some seriously dangerous things in tropical seas. I love visiting the Whitsundays area in Australia (because the intense blue of the Coral Sea is an absolutely stunning spectacle -- I can spend hours just staring at it as if hypnotized). I've lashed out and booked to spend a week here in early August. Can't wait.MikeeMiracle said:The thing I fail to understand is people who spends countless thousands of pounds to go on holiday to a hot country, stay in a hotel a hundred yards from the beach...and then go swimming in the hotel pool instead of the Sea!
It make zero sense to me, you could have swam in a pool in your own town...
russ_watters said:I can't fathom why the prospect of looking at a menu on your phone would cause you to leave a nice restaurant!?
Vanadium 50 said:Corn, like ketchup, is a vegetable.
Same for those who only eat out in chain restaurants while on holidays away from home.MikeeMiracle said:Is this post just about technology or can we post stuff about people to? The thing I fail to understand is people who spends countless thousands of pounds to go on holiday to a hot country, stay in a hotel a hundred yards from the beach...and then go swimming in the hotel pool instead of the Sea!
It make zero sense to me, you could have swam in a pool in your own town...
Actually, that makes a lot of sense. That is the whole point of chain restaurants: a familiar feel you can rely on. It is scary for a lot of people to go into unknown territory and fewer people would travel if it weren't for these types of businesses. Not everyone is looking for an adventure.WWGD said:Same for those who only eat out in chain restaurants while on holidays away from home.
Or every organ,jack action said:Not everyone is looking for an adventure.