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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost Fear of atheists would probably be even more effective. Uh. I am more in line with Bertrand Russell's style. Nobody's afraid of me, especially not my children. Quote: Originally Posted by Lorin …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost Put the fear of God into them, and you will have no more child-sized prints on your Air. I can't bequeath something I was not given myself. I used to play dice with God when I was a child. I neve…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 With the current generation of laptops Touch screes would be poor ergonomics. That doesn't mean that there aren't uses cases where a touch screen on a laptop might excel or that innovative design might add…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht The perfectly reasonable "I have no clue about this subject except for this one "fact" that is wrong and I can't be bothered to spend 10 seconds to look it up on this thing we call the internet which everyone kn…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht You don't know any facts as this is untrue. Kindergarden starts age 5 and many districts provide preschool for age 4 Yep, but are they part of the official educational system? I mean over here, ‘maternal sch…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil BOY we need to dismantle our teacher unions here. We’re getting the shaft. I’ve pretty much no clue if this is ironic or no. I don’t know a single fact about US Elementary school system, except there…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Would you happen to know off hand what time of the day your schools generally start and end? I can (I have two kids, so I am pretty much aware of the schedule ): morning from 8:30 to 11:30 and after…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie Now now, it's actually 35 days IIRC. The further south you go, the more holidays you get (Spain 40). All due to the temperature... Uh. In Iceland they get 0?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil But what if I come during one of your 80 vacation days and miss it all? Actually, teachers get two full Summer months + 15 days at the beginning of November + 15 days for Xmas + 15 days around Febr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil That sounds wrong. That is in no way an argument. Well, you should come here and have a gander. But frankly, that's not a place to argue too much about this neither. And it would serve little pu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Socialism in France is causing those with money to flee. Who will be left to squeeze? That's right, the middle-class and lower income. Socialism is a farce. Hum. ‘Socialism’ in France is center-righ…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Socialism impoverishes a nation in the pursuit of elevating a few. Capitalism elevates a nation by creating opportunity, which Is the tool for individuals to lift themselves out of poverty. Hmmm… You…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich I've no problem with Scotland pushing for or gaining independence, my issue is the reason. They wish to implement wider social spending than Britain was willing to implement, something which will only …
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie Wow! Your Dutch is waaaay better than my French. You didn't accidentally had too much eau de vie before dinner, right?. Uhm, I'll ask him after he returns from holiday. A kind offer, he will appreciat…
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philboogie wrote: » Wow, this is interesting. My French is total crap, but I will show this to our ex minister of foreign affairs who was stationed there at one moment. He'll appreciate this very much, so on his behalf: merci et chapeau! Uh. Da…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX No problem. Can I can get you anything else? France's failed attempt at a trojan horse designed to attack America, per chance? You mean, a Camembert (or Roquefort) smuggler? Quote: Interesting …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I assume he means Northern Ireland. Frankly, I hate when smaller islands are split like that so I say give to the dominance party. Northern Ireland becomes part of Ireland and Haiti becomes part of Domin…
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benjamin frost wrote: » I have a feeling that The Sun even got rid of its Page 3 girls recently. A man is entitled to his daily breast. Your bosom page 3?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost At one time, I would have said The Times; sadly, it's a shadow of what it was. Otherwise, maybe The Telegraph. In fact, I read the Guardian every day. It even has a decent and somewhat balanced c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost To gob on means to spit on. Thanks. Actually it's pretty difficult when one lives sundered from the Anglo-saxon world to catch up with linguistic creations. Most of my contact with English happens…