yeah that's the point of my thread - in what countries would you definitely be in trouble and in what would you get waved through, minus the dough.
In Bulgaria the cops only stop you on the highway in the hopes you'll pay them something. At the airport in Sofia there are big signs warning people not to offer bribes. Whether they're meant to be taken seriously is something I wonder every time I'm standing in the line at the passport control.
Cristofero Colombo, definitely not, I'd say. What's so special about him? Jesus Christ neither.
Definitely the discoverer of penicillin , The Scot Alexander Fleming, but also the discoverer of vaccination (or more exactly the main person responsible for the introduction of vaccination, since the theory of injecting people with the pus from cowpox blisters may have been put forward by others as well), the English doctor Edward Jenner. I think these two saved countless millions of lives. What an achievement!
quote Oh no wait, that was Santa! Or are they one and the same? end quote
No seriously, "Santa - God" knows when you are sleeping, He knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad or good So be good for goodness sake!
Yeah Larry King is on every day I think. Here in Europe it's in the morning. Whether that's live or recorded, I guess recorded.
My gripe is with the commercials. They seem to start every couple of minutes. They'll say things like: Coming up next blah blah blah That means more commercials. They used to say at least "after the break". And they invent new phrases like "Next up". In case anyone hasn't figured out, that means: ads coming next. They will play any ads. I'm sure if Bin Laden paid them enough they would run ads promoting Wasiristan as a tourist destination. My gripe isn't that they have commercials. I know that pays for the content. But couldn't there be a cap on the number of minutes per hour?
btw, OT, but was that SF novel the one where the people live in filth and squalor but wear these cusps over their eyes that make them see luxury and opulence? Our hero steals a pair but gets caught. Great story.
Well I can't believe noone has brought it up - the irritating commercials!
They really are the pits. And so frequent!
You grab the remote and in my case watch a couple of channels that are adjacent. Then you go back and next thing you know - more commercials. Here in Europe they really are abhorrent for the most part, content-wise. You get desert sc**b*g states extolling their virtues, the tourist boards of places you've never heard of inviting you to go there and so on. They repeat them mercilessly too, the same crap over and over!
My daughter was applying for a job and asked me to look over her job application, knowing that my eagle eye would spot spelling mistakes etc.
What's this, I asked aghast:
"I speak and write fluent French"
Are you kidding, I said, I can just about make that claim after half a lifetime of hard slog? I knew for a fact that even after 6 years of French she would be able to order a coffee and a croissant in La Belle France, and that's about it.
Ah, don't worry, she said, you have to blow your trumpet, nobody else is gonna do it for you. Besides, everybody lies in their applications. You have to do it too, just to keep a level playing field. They don't check anyway. Do you think the guy reading this speaks French?
And what about this: Microsoft Word and Excel? Are you kidding me, Excel?
At that she grabbed her letter and rushed out the room. Big help you are, was her parting shot.
A potentially interesting thread. I am relatively new here and unaware of some possible issues, which I think would be a pity. We are a microcosm of Europe here so how can we want a better Europe for all if we squabble among ourselves?
I personally apologise for being short-tempered sometimes. We should try to forgive and move on.
maybe I should say, about what Europe. Different people have different views on that.
Anyway, talking to myself's no fun and I have a busy day today. The gas fitters are coming with my hopefully working water heater for my ch, and I have to find a water pipe near the spot where it's to be mounted on the wall of my annex. So I've got a pickaxe and other tools and wheelbarrow ready to start digging. Should have thought of that sooner really.
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RE: How to get rid of a dog?
Put it on the ferry at Calafat.