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scott wrote:
>> You're in the UK. The brits conquered 90% of the world. The only place
>> I've ever been where nobody spoke English is China.
>
> Really? I was in China and some people spoke English :-)
Well, I exagerated. In the middle of Beijing the people who dealt with
tourists spoke some English. Outside of that, almost nobody, even in other
large cities.
Maybe I just wound up going to less touristy areas than I usually do in
foreign countries.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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Invisible wrote:
>> Or, better, say "You're so funny sometimes." Really, you get worked
>> up because you're taking it seriously. It isn't *your* computer that's
>> broken, it's the company's.
>
> When somebody is standing over you demanding that the PC gets fixed
> *right now*, yet you have no clue what the problem is... not very
> amusing, no.
That's your problem right there.
Whose computer is broken? Who is worked up about it? Who is really not doing
their job during the screaming?
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Insanity is a small city on the western
border of the State of Mind.
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On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:17:18 +0200, scott wrote:
>> I have to say, though, selling drinks on the beach sounds better than
>> truck driving. :-)
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> I was lying on the beach with my sister's boyfriend and watching these
> people trying to sell (very unsuccessfully) absurd things like cheap
> watches and sunglasses to people. We started talking about it and
> decided that what would really sell would be cold drinks and snacks. We
> figured out we'd only need to work for about an hour or two each day to
> make enough to survive. But then I don't know if you need to pay the
> local government something for a permit or whatever, or knowing Italy
> you probably have to pay the Mafia half your profits :-)
LOL, too true (probably/possibly on the Mafia bit). The thing that would
be a challenge for me is that I don't do well in direct sunlight. :-)
Jim
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