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Posts made by Vitani
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RE: Suing For Cookies
lol
I feel tempted to ask if you're a bad girl Katja, but I wont... -
RE: America vs Europe
stupid quoting buggy argh, die, evil, code.............................. splat
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RE: America vs Europe
@SysRq2000 said:
Hehe, it's funny how most americans regard europe as a single country... last time I checked it wasn't.
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RE: America vs Europe
@Katja said:
Actually, we Euro's do make the same mistake about America. But
basically, it's still just a collection of different states. We Euro's
are slowly going in the same direction, with our European Community.
Maybe we'll be the United States of Europe, one day.
Let's see... Who still have to join? Well, the swiss, of course. Part
of Turkey. Russia is already willing, apparantly. Several Eastern
European countries have already joined. Now, if those British wouldn't
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RE: Suing For Cookies
@Alex Papadimoulis said:
The
teenagers' families offered to pay Young's medical bills, but she
declined and sued, saying their apologies were not sincere and were not
offered in person.
So, let me get this right.. they offered to pay the medical bills, but she refused, and then sued them... for the medical bills.
Can you even sue a minor?
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RE: Server Error in '/' Application.
We should all get together and write our own forum/blog software,
either that, or one awful one that somehow works, but when you look at
the source it makes you say "WTF?!!?!" -
RE: America vs Europe
@aogilmor said:
I never had trouble getting enough to eat in
Europe, but the drink sizes were very stingy, especially juice, soda or
water. I also noticed that everybody drank bottled water -- never
tap water -- a practice that has unfortunately made it to these shores
in recent years. I was told that the reason is they didn't have
safe drinking water from a tap until fairly recently, and so were
just in the habit of buying bottled water.
Most people in the UK drink tap water, although the bottled water "culture" seems to have spread over here in the past few years (or at least, people filtering tap water), our tap water's been safe to drink for decades, I can't comment on the rest of Europe though
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RE: America vs Europe
@CPound said:
Okay, I have an American vs Europe question.
If you're an American, is it right to go to a European country, walk up to several "locals" and say "Give me some pound man! Whassup baby! You in the hiz-ouze!"
(And while you were doing this, you would be trying to perform some sort of "rap handshake" with them.)
Is it right to do that? Do you think they would appreciate this infusion of American culture?
Is it even "right" to do that to poor innocent Americans either?
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RE: Hi! a/s/l? </AOL>
+or
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RE: Hi! a/s/l? </AOL>
mm/dd/yyyy makes no sence, it's just messy!
The "easy" answer is to use yyyy-mm-dd hhss - starting at the largest measurement, working down to the smallest. -
RE: Idea for new section
wow, 2nd time in 1 thread the evil quote bug has caught me! Anyway...
< I wonder why Europe never converted to the American system. >
American system??! I think you'll find Europe were using
imperial measurements long before Christopher Columbus was even born.
So it's hardly an American system.
(History lesson...)
The imperial system has its origins
in the mists of time. The ancient Egyptians certainly used a version to
build the pyramids. It is based upon human quantities, ie. an inch is a
"thumb", a foot is a ... er.. foot! Another standard for an inch
was three barleycorns. A yard is the distance between your outstretched
hand and nose, etc. A cupful is the amount of water you can hold in your
cupped hands. A hundredweight is the most a person can carry. A handy
sized throwing stone weighs a pound.
Imperial measures are usually based
on 12's or 16's because these can be divided into fractions.
[Source: http://www.bwmaonline.com/Imperial Origins.htm] -
RE: Idea for new section
@CPound said:
Katja wrote: Did I mention your favorite non-metric system here, or do you prefer another one? <IMG alt= src="/emoticons/emotion-15.gif"> I don't like the European metric system. It's complicated. What is a kilometer anyways? (rhetorical question)
I wonder why Europe never converted to the American system.
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RE: Hi! a/s/l? </AOL>
afaik, they're still in production (I've not seen them on any schedules). You'll find more info (and a trailer I believe) on the Dr. Who web site - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/
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RE: Idea for new section
omg this forum sucks. I cba to type all what I did, it's too early in the morning. Just ignore me...
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RE: Idea for new section
@CPound said:
sas wrote: C# stole my idea.. although it's a pretty obvious one, as our tall skinny blonde Dutch correspondent is warping the threads wherever she goes .
I was going to suggest "Flirt with Katja" as the title.How tall are you Katja? (in U.S. terms and not some weird European metric system)
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RE: Hi! a/s/l? </AOL>
Damn it! You've blown my cover
- jumps in black helecopter and flys away to a secret location *
- jumps in black helecopter and flys away to a secret location *
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Hi! a/s/l? </AOL>
Erm, yeah. Hi all, I was just reading back on the forums (been a
long-time reader, only recently signed-up), and I was wondering who you
all were, and where you're at. So I thought I might as well ask.
Now, in order, I'd like you to stand up, tell us your name, age, and a little bit about yourself. I'll go first...
Name: Jonathan
Age: 22½
Location: Grimsby, England
Me: I'm a computer programmer (like most of you I imagine), been
in the industry for 3 years, mainly VB.NET, although used to use VB6
(ick!) - would rather be coding in C#, but I'm not the boss, so, nyeh. -
RE: America vs Europe
Heh, I find this whole forum ammusing in how poor it is [:)]
The government isn't forcing anyone to do anything (at least, so they
tell us), it's just McDonalds retracted their Super-Size options at the
same time the government was on about us all getting much fatter (and
took the salt out of fries to coinside with an ad campain involving
snails from the Health Dept. about too much salt being bad for you -
I'd like to point out at this time that too much of anything is bad for you)
I think they're just trying to do what's "best" for the consumer, as
health is a hot topic in the UK atm, also it's publicity, and
McDonalnds needs that, as their food is awful. -
RE: America vs Europe
@CPound said:
I have an America vs. Europe question. How many
people in Europe are on high-speed internet versus dial-up? I ask that
because you would be surprised how many people in the U.S. are still using 56K (and lower) connections to the internet.
At the end of 2004 there were an estimated 6million users in the UK
using broadband, that's 10% of the population. Although obviously each
connection serves more than one person, (I would estimate an average of
3 people per connection), so I would guess 30% of the population has
access to broadband in their homes.
In the US there were 32.5million broadband connections, which is 11% of
the population, again, most connections will have more than one user,
and thus I would guess 33% of the US have access to broadband.
So, assuming my sources are correct. The US is slightly ahead of the
UK. As for the rest of Europe, you can do your own research [:)]
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RE: America vs Europe
< I find interesting the differences between the American and European
cultures, especially in regards to food and eating. >
First off, you're painting 20-odd cultures by the same brush, which is not fair in the slightest.
The English are nothing like the French, and the Scotish are nothing
like the Germans, people who live in Scotland are not English, just
because Scotland & England are both part of the UK, infact, most
Scotish people would beat you up for saying they're English. (On a
side-note, I'm English, not British, and definately not European).
< I was in Europe not
too long ago and was shocked at how people viewed the dining experience
over there. Their portions were so small. Their drinks were small.
Everything was smaller. >
Yes, you are right. Compared to America, most
European countries have "small" portions. This is because most people
who live in Europe are of smaller build, and wouldn't be able to eat
what you consider a large meal.
< [And] they didn't quite grasp the idea of an
all-you-can-eat buffett. I received a lot of odd stares at a pizza shop
because I was going back for my 4th, 5th, and 6th slices when most
people were still nibbling on their first. >
Not sure about on the "main land", but in the UK, we have many, many
all-you-can-eat places, (at least where I live), and I wouldn't even
notice (nor be counting) the number of times another person would be
going to get more. Personally I keep returning until I am pleasantly
full (then I go and get another plate full to get my money's worth [;)])
Also, I know in places like France, and Portugal, meal times are taken
very slowly, and enjoyed thuroughly, where as in the go-go culture of
the US (and other countires/cities), meals must be consumed quickly,
inorder to get on with the day (and resuraunteers shove you out the
door when you're done)
< Also, in some areas it is
common to have a glass of wine with a meal. In the U.S. it's a glass of
wine and then down the whole bottle. >
I don't drink wine, so I can't comment on this.
< Another time I went to a European
burger king and got their "large" coke, which equates to a super-small
in the U.S. I wanted to ask for a refill but I felt so out of place
doing so...so I never found out if Europe even allows them. >
My local Burger King has the drink machine on the public-side of the
counter, so you can refill as often as you like, but generally if
they're behind the counter, you're out of luck. There's not many places
that do let you have free refills (although they are becoming more
popular - mainly in American-style eataries (TGI's, Pizza Hut, ..) -
which is great!
< The
Europeans must view the American dining experience as "binge eating".
They must think that every meal we have it has to be a feast. (Which in
most cases is true.) Whilst in Europe I wanted to supersize everything.
I wondered why everyone over there was so stingy with the food. >
Everyone I know who has been to America (including myself) thinks the
American portions are large. But we expect that. Everything in America
is bigger. The roads, the cars, the cities, the pollution levels
([;)]), so on the opposite side of things, everything on our side of
the pond is much smaller. I wouldn't say we ae stingy with food, we
serve what we can eat, you can obviously eat more. There's no point
giving someone 20 chicken nuggets, when they can only manage 6, it'd
just go to waste.
Also, in the UK, most fast-food places are retracting their Super-Size
menu options, as the government are trying to get us to eat more
healthily, because they think we're getting too fat. I think that's a
good move, as for only 50p more, you can digest and extra 500 calories!
(or whatever) Not the smartest idea in the world. Also, they've stopped
putting salt on the fries by default, another attempt to kerb dietary
problems before they get too bad.
Personally, I go to Pizza Hut and order a large stuffed crust pizza
just for myself; or get two meals from KFC, just because I can. But
that's me. (although saying that, my New Year resolution is to reduce
my take-away intake from 2/3 a week to 2 a month - doing well so far,
only had 2 in January).
I dislike McDonalds because their food is sh*t, "real chicken" in
nuggets that cost about 1p each to make - I think not, and their
burgers are like cardboard. Yuck.
Anyway I digress. Europe is different from America in many ways. But
then England is different to Frace is different to Germany. We're all
different, that's what makes us interesting [:)]
And that's my 2-pence