@ Nam - .. The form lb is actually an abbreviation of the Latin word libra, which could mean a pound, itself a shortened form of the full expression, libra pondo, “pound weight”. The second word of this phrase, by the way, is the origin of the English pound....
The abbreviation "oz" (ounce) derives from the Italian word onza (now spelled oncia)...
I have spent a great deal of my time cruising up and down the eastern sea-board of Australia. On board a yacht everyone needs to get along with each other because if you get into an argument then need to go for a walk to cool off, you're going to get very wet feet, therefore a single, important rule pertaining to all yachts about 'conversation' is observed, "THERE IS TO BE NO DISCUSSION ABOUT POLITICS OR RELIGION"..... and it works very well......
@ Didier15 - .. In my opinion, what happens between two people who are in love with each other should be of no concern to anyone else, family, friends or otherwise and should be accepted for what it is.
Too many people in this world spend too much time meddling in other people's afairs.
If you're in love with someone and your friends or family don't agree,... to bad.... tell them to get over it....
@ - .. Someone once told me that if you throw out your old TV and buy a new one you will lose all the old shows and be only able to see the latest releases.....
....Gee you must have a really, really old TV Girl.....
@ Nam - I'm sure that you would have been popular at the recycle centre....
On special days, once every two to three months you can pile up stuff that can't fit into the bins on the front foot-path such as broken appliances, furniture, old garden equipment, roof sheeting etc and a couple of guys with a truck will come and pick them up manually...
@ Nam - Here we have many 'wheelie bins' of various colour or with coloured lids.
The green lids are general rubbish The yellow lids are recycle with a vertical divider, one for plastics or cardboard. The red lids are green waste like grass cuttings, prunings etc
This colour scheme can vary from one council area to the next or state to state.
@ Nam - In our country it is against Occupational health and safety policies for trash men to pick-up a bag that is not in the bin, because they may get back injury if it's too heavy, cut by something sharp or stabbed by a needle, all our wheelie-bins are picked up and emptied by the remote arm on the truck, drivers don't get out for any reason.....
@ GJ - .. You missed an important cat quote by Penelope Cruz in the film ‘Vanilla Sky’ when she said to Tom Cruise: “I will tell you in the next life when we are both cats”.
@ lindsyjones - ... I’ve always said that no-one left this planet and placed anyone else in charge,..... all authority is assumed. Under 'Universal Law' no-one has the right to incarcerate or kill any other being, the assumed authority we live under will never get it right, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of people locked up who are innocent.
On another note I recently read an article concerning Australia’s beginnings. All too often British courts would convict innocent trades-people on invented charges because the new colony needed Stone-masons, Cartwrights, Farriers etc thus they were shipped here to help the country prosper.... what a joke the legal system is......
@ Cat - ... 1/3 cup of apple seeds eaten in one sitting is enough to kill an adult.
There is some documented evidence in a medical book that I read a few years ago that a whole German army platoon was killed because the cook added the leaves of the Rhubarb to make desert as he didn't have enough stems to go round....
Apricot kernals (unblanched)contain Vitimin B17 said to help cure cancer but it's illeagal to purchase B17 in Australia.... one has to wonder why.....
@ lindsyjones - ... If they are telling us about a weapon it means that it is already in their asenal (ready for use) and other countries already know about it.
It's the weapons that are still 'top secret' that are the main worry... military technology is about 10 years ahead of what they actually tell us about....
@ iotaoo - Definition of pretentious is someone who needs over twenty lines of fancy writing to show how intelligent they are to explain what could be said in less than a half dozen words.... It's great that you know yourself so well...
@ iotaoo - Don't even presume to know anything about me if all you have is third party heresy or gossip from a source you are not prepared to divulge because it just makes you seem twice as incompetent as the person from who you believe to have obtained your information from....
RE: 'PHRASES,THINGS,THAT DONT MAKE SENSE"
@ Nam - .. The form lb is actually an abbreviation of the Latin word libra, which could mean a pound, itself a shortened form of the full expression, libra pondo, “pound weight”. The second word of this phrase, by the way, is the origin of the English pound....The abbreviation "oz" (ounce) derives from the Italian word onza (now spelled oncia)...
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