The EU-forums had a vote on where to have a get together, and Spain won... So here goes:
Let's meet in Barcelona!
Friday 26.09.08 from 9pm
Restaurant MESÓN DAVID - Located in Calle Carretas 63 - From La Ramblas, Find "Teatro Liceu" at the corner of Las Ramblas with Carrer Sant Pau. Walk straight (in Carrer Sant Pau)all the way down. Cross "Rambla del Raval" and after two streets you will find at your right Carrer Carretes. Turn right, you will see it at the first corner at your right.
Moll de Gregal, 18 - 19 , Port Olímpic 08005 Barcelona still @ 9pm on Saturday
If you're using public transport you can take L-4 Yellow metro line to the Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica Station or any of the following bus numbers 36 / 141 / 71 / 92 will also drop you off close to the restaurant.
"La Fitora is a treasure trove of delicious eats - Prawn and Mango Salad, seafood croquettes, Iberian sausages, Fish Cannelloni, paella, and monkfish medallions. Find entrecotes, duck confit, and carpaccio too, along with a decent wine list. Weekdays find locals filling into the restaurant, though it may not seem too crowded. Group reservations are taken too. And the menu changes each week, so call ahead to find what you may be served." Accomodations can be found at:
Some powder that you put in water, and they came alive... Mine never did, so I just gave up pets...
The key observation that allowed unhatched "Sea-Monkeys" to be cheaply packaged, shipped, and handled is that, in certain easily prepared environments, they enter cryptobiosis, a natural state of suspended animation. When released into their aquarium they leave this state and smash through the inner shell walls.
Customer: "I've been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help?" Operator: "Where did you get that number from, sir?" Customer: "It was on the door to the travel centre". Operator: "They're our opening hours".
Caller: "Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?" Operator: I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking about". Caller: "In the user guide it clearly states I need to unplug the fax machine from the wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Can you give me his number?"
Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven. Operator: "Woven? Are you sure?" Caller: "Yes. That''s what it says on the label: Woven in Scotland".
On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told a worried operator: "I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to write the number on"."
Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop". Customer: "OK". Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?" Customer: "No". Tech Support: "OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?" Customer: "No". Tech Support: "OK. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?" Customer: "Sure. You told me to write "click" and I wrote "click"". Tech Support: "OK. In the bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the "OK" button displayed?" Customer: "Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"
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