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"jack" wrote in message
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I don't see how anyone was forced to change their word in common use for
something, just because a particular OS company used a different one. What
will Microsoft do if you say the word "directory" to refer to what they call
"folder"?


I'm a software engingeer working in research and development for an
aerospace company. Why would you think that I have no clue?




Brian
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Day 601 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project.
 
"Ophelia" wrote

EXCEPT IN A RESTAURANT, DO NOT SERVE MY PLATE. I hate being handed a huge
portion of anything, particularly something I don't like, and being expected
to eat it with comments like, "Well, I never heard of anyone who didn't like
green bean okra gorgonzola salad." "Now, don't waste this." (I'm not, I'm
just going to chuck it the first time no one is looking.) I'm surely not
going to overeat so the food doesn't go into the leftover cycle. Or at the
end, turn it in and say, "I'm allergic to *****, or I could never eat a
portion that large." Sometimes they get the message, and sometimes not.

I like to choose what I eat, and how much I serve myself, as I best know how
much I can eat, and what I like. Sometimes I can catch it ahead of time,
and just say no, or "Could I have about 1/10 that much?

This isn't your Mother's Army. Just because someone slams it on my platter,
I DO NOT have to eat it.

Steve
 
Default User wrote:


We could... unless of course, you show up at my front door trying to
sell me some "aluminum siding" one of these fine years - then all bets
will be off.

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy - Day 1 of the "no grouchy Usenet posts" project.
 
In article ,
[email protected] says...

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Nobody proposed it as a "sole reason".

You've just trotted out that same old US misconception, that Europeans
think in terms of their own continent. That's a US POV, not ours.

People I know who had to fly off at zero notice to relatives who
were injured /fell sick abroad, have all flown long distance (UK to
Mexico, UK to caribbean, Canada to UK. UK to Singapore, Nigeria to UK).
If more Americans travelled abroad, perhaps you'd have a better grasp of
what it's like for patients stranded alone in a foreign
country/language/culture/health system; or their relatives back home.

Janet
 
On 9/22/2010 3:50 PM, ChattyCathy wrote:

Not exaggerating at all.
. And it's
actually $135. I forgot about the execution fee. And there's another
10 bucks or so to get a picture taken. So it's more than $140 all up.

Note that the $30 "passport card" listed on that site is good _only_ for
travel to and from Canada and Mexico by road, rail, or foot--it's not
good for air travel or for going anywhere other than Mexico or Canada.


The point is that to go to the most common non-US destinations to which
American citizens travel, no passport was needed, so why have one?


Check the lead times for discounted air fares and the lead times for
passports and tell me I'm wrong.
 
On 9/22/2010 5:48 PM, Dan Abel wrote:

That gets you book and card. You don't really _need_ the card for
anything--it's just a convenience for people who live in border towns.
You can save 30 bucks by not getting the card.
 
"J. Clarke" wrote in
news:[email protected]:




I can understand that you'd need ID checked up the wahzoo to get a CCW, but
wouldn't flashing the CCW permit all over the place to use as a form of ID
sorta negate the whole purpose of a CCW?



--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.
 
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:25:47 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:


Not gone entirely. She still posts occasionally.

--

Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
 
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:27:39 +0200, ChattyCathy
wrote:


Why would you (and Janet) even "go there" if you weren't being overly
critical and making false assumptions? People aren't stupid and get
what they need. If they need a passport, they have one. Even at
today's prices, they are pretty cheap. They will have one if they
need it and for an expediting fee, they can get one quickly if they
don't and suddenly need one. It's beyond me why people from
small countries with lots money and vacation time think they know
where we should be traveling better than we do. I think Bob T's term,
"bragplaining", fits those who criticize Americans traveling at home
(in the USA) perfectly.

I'm also part of the majority that chooses to travel at home. It's a
big country and traveling around here covers a lot more scenery than
simple European travel does. I'd say it's the equivalent of traveling
throughout China. We can spend our dinky two week vacations here and
feel like we've traveled to someplace exotic.

When I go abroad, I spend a month. Anything less is more like work,
not play, because it takes too long to get from here to there and
adjust to the time changes on top of that. I've noticed that
Europeans who post here criticizing us about how we don't travel
abroad tend to talk about visiting other EU countries and their travel
is mainly N/S with very little E/W (maybe one or two time zone
changes, but nothing significant). When we do that, we're traveling
between states and we don't need a passport. As has been pointed out
by others, we have only recently needed any sort of identification
other than a valid driver's licence to travel to Canada and Mexico.
Many of us travel to the Bahamas' and Puerto Rico too.



--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
On 9/24/2010 9:17 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

No, hate the damned politicians who used it as justification for making
everyone's life miserable under the guise of Doing Something. And the
damned press that went along with it instead of cutting them to pieces
over it.

None of them entered the US on a US ID so what good does all this
"improved" passport crap do?
 
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