testing....

I hope this one makes it, because 7 others didn't. The entire "Joey's sisters" thread just stopped since my posts didn't arrive. :-)

Marcel

yea I was wondreing what happened there!

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Sorry.....due to unexplainable technical difficulties at this side of the world, it seems both my ISP and my system have fighting me. Things look ok now. Ya missed me, right?

Marcel

yep

go back to the thread and repost what didn't get through!

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Well at least that brightens up the week. It's good to be back.

I've tried that...over and over and over and over. Microsoft killed the thread.....let's blame it on them! :-)

Marcel

LOL start a new thread with your replies then lol

~Act

I can't re-start the thread, Act.... I was so pissed at everything that was going on, that in a fit of anger, I deleted the replies. That's how fed up I was at the moment. Now I wish I hadn't.

Marcel

I still have them.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

You do? So....do you want to restart or leave things the way they are?

Marcel

I dont know I'm wiped out. I think I'm going to go back to sleep before I have to babysit again today! argh!!!! (this is what I do on my one day off)

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Some sacrifices have to be made if one wants to earn some money. But ok....nighty night!

Marcel

yea I'm making money so I have a chance of going to England in Sept.

~Act

o0o cool..... but bring lots of warm clothes because it's freezing here!

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|~Act

gotcha, I live in CT so I have lots of those. Plus it's about 62 at work so I have to wear winter clothes there.

here!

~Act

Does it really get that cold on the East coast?

Marcel

*screaming* Does it really get that cold on the East
Coast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OF course it does!!! In the middle of the winter it can drop below 0 F which is about -18 C and that's without the wind chill!!!

Do you even know where Connecticut is?

Plus in Maine it gets even colder!

~Act (who's thinking about living to LA just for the warm winters but yet you can still snowboard)

Activia wrote in message ...

Yikes! Stepped on a gangrene toe, there.... :-)

0 F? Is that all? I've known -20 F in Canada. Ok...we lived in a valley and didn't get much wind, but still....

<thinking> A couple of miles south of Hawaii? :-)

I know it can get extremely cold in certain states, but it was an inncoent question. Call it interest. I'll be in Charlotte NC the first week of October, so that's why I was wondering.

Indoor or outdoor?

Marcel

Sorry I just hate the cold!

is that all?? I said without the wind chill now and it does get lower sometimes.. depends on the winter.

Right next to NY. You should know from the show.

nah doesnt get too cold in NC. But you definitly need long pants and some sweaters(Sweat shirts) because it has snowed before there so it could get below freezing

outdoor in the mountains.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

So do I, but I love Canadian winters. Call me nostalgic.

So basically it would be a good idea to stay indoors and drink hot chocolate, coffee or whiskey.

Ok Act.....I was being sarcastic. You should be able to recognize that by now. Of course I know where CT is. I do have an atlas and a very detailed map of the positions of the various states. I have to know these things, because I'm already planning a trip that takes place roughly a year and a half from now. I'm thinking of taking a roadtrip which will take me through 10-12 states. But most of them are on the west side of the US and California is one of them. I'm going there just to visit the San Diego Zoo. It's the worlds best know zoo and it will only take me 150 miles off of my original course, so it's worth doing and I have a feeling it's worth seeing.

My friend told me to bring shorts, because the temperature has been going up each year. I'll pack both shorts and pants. I'll need sweaters anyway, because around the Canadian Rockies it can get very cold in October.

In California?? Where?

Marcel

In article , Activia wrote:

What's snow?

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

And they are living in the wild of the UK? Like squirrels? Wow....

Boring weather isn't interesting to the media, you know that..... Spectaculair conditions are what people want to see.

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Not only do they live on Ilkley Moor, but they don't wear hats...

This is so, hence the media are an unreliable source.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Gee....and animal that DOESN'T wear a hat. That's really weird. :-)

That's very true. When they don't get their story, they make one up. In other cases they have half the facts and the rest is made up of possibilities.

Marcel

ugh weather sucks!! I haven't seen the sun in 8 days and it's JULY! sorry I had to get that out argh..

~Act (very fustrated about the freakin weather and the forecast is calling for cloudy and rainy for the rest of the week)

Activia wrote...

I wish it had been cloudy here Sunday (ouch) =(

In article , Activia wrote:

I always thought that weather blows...

Sorry Activia, couldn't resist that. :)

Tennant

yea after I had to deal with a bunch of grouchy people today because of it/!

~Act

In article , Activia wrote:

Awww <hugs> :)

Tennant

Activia wrote in message ...

Why do most people get grumpy when the weather gets a little bad? Go with the flow. When it rains, sing. When it snows, shovel. When the heat becomes unbearable, take a swim. When you're freezing, have sex. It's garanteed to get your spirits up. :-)

Really? We have intense heat hear.

Marcel

Hellooooo!!! After getting drunk in Vegas, Zoepetier doodled cat whiskers on his/her face and miaowed this little lot at a statue...

Maybe because it's just not that easy for some people.

yea I dont mind the weather just as long as it's not 10 days in a row the same dreary weather with no sun, just 100% humidity, *not kidding* the air had so much water in it it was constantly misting and cloudy.

I can deal with the snow, as long as it doesn't snow for 10 days in a row, I can deal with the rain as long as it doesnt rain 10 days in a row, I can deal with the heat..well forever, I can deal with the cold as long as I have some place warm to go to.

I didn't know you could hear heat.

We just have tons of humidity now, I actually saw the sun today and did the happy dance.

~Act

Activia wrote...

Hey! That sounds like a song Phoebs could sing!

hehe look at that, you broke it up for me too :o)

~Act

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Sorry, that was my little joke. There's an old song "On Ilkley Moor bar tat" (I don't know how to spell "bar tat") which means "On Ilkley Moor without a hat".

Tennant

Ba't 'at according to my book of songsh (and it's Ilkla' Moor, too)

but I thought it was bah't 'at. Any Yorksirefolk hereabots?

Weer 'as tha' bin sin' a saw thee    Where have you been since I saw you
On Ilkla' Moor ba't 'at                        On Ilkley Moor without a
hat
Weer 'as tha' bin sin' saw thee x2
On Ilkla' Moor ba't 'at x 4

or aswelearn ed in school "on ilkla' moor ba't 'at, owzat?, on ilkla' moor ba't 'at, not out!, on ilkla' moor ba't 'at, where the lads play football""

It;'s a grim litle song since the person concerned (without hte hat) courts Mary Jane without his hat, gets caught in the rain, gets a cold, dies, is buried, the worms eat him, the ducks eat the worms, we eat the ducks "then we sha' all ha' etten thee". (then we shal all have eaten you)

Jac

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

I get it now.

Marcel

Activia wrote in message ...

Ofcourse Eskimo's will disagree....but then again they're crazy.

An arm, a leg and the shirt on your back.

You have to experience everything at least once in your life.

Marcel

Well technically, I'm Mid-west but pretty much the whole month has been below average temps on this side of the country. In June though I remeber reading it was hotter here in Ohio then in some parts of California, hah. Weather is fluky like that.

====== "Life is never without love" -Sheryl Crow

Activia wrote in message ...

I'm leaving for the US and Canada in October. One whole month. And if all goes well I'm going to visit Scotland in April. Vacations can be very expensive, can't they?

Marcel

Extremely! You end up spending the same amount of money it would cost you 2 pay the bills for 2 months!

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Don't I know it. Everytime I get back from a vacation I wonder why I went in the first place. I'm all rested, but the stress hits the fan when I look at the bills that came in while I was away. Then for the first three months I have to work my ass off do get things straightend out again. And after those three months I wish I was on vacation again. I hate irony.....

Marcel

sounds like what I'm doing now!

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

Life's a bitch some times, ain't it?

Marcel

In article , Activia wrote:

At one time everybody drove on the left. Just watch any old cowboy movie to see on which side of the stagecoach the driver & the shotgun sit. Of course you might see them driving on the right, but that's because it's a movie.

Tennant

movie to

course

movie.

It's to do with where you wear a sword if you are righthandd which the larger percentage of people are (especially in the past where lefthandednss was "taught out" of most peple). Two horserideers meeting might want to pass left to left since theirswords arms are then meeting. if they passed on the right they would hve to get off their horses to fight (look at knights jousting in tourneys - movie ref The Cable Guy if you've never seen any more authentic recretions). Although a sword is carried on the left its' drawn on the right, a gun is on the right and you still draw wiht your right arm and shoot with it so again meeting right arm to right arm makes more sense.

on a frivolous note it also means you can briefly shake hands with peopl eyou pass... useful for politicians and film stars.

Jac

Jacqui wrote Two horserideers meeting

meeting.

I dont mean that I mean right arm to right arm, ie each riding on the left.

<python>my brain hurts.</python>

Jac

Jacqui wrote:

Yep. Gotcha okay the first time. :)

Are you wearing a knotted handkerchief on your head? ;)

Tennant :):):)

yes but how often do we fight with swords or have shoot outs?

they shake hands as they walk down the street on a normal day :o)

usually when they shake hands the people are lined up on both sides so they just walk by and shake hands and they have a runway.

~Act

Jacqui wrote:

How did the changeover to driving on the right take place? Wasn't it something to do with Napoleon or Henry Ford or somebody?

Yep. If you watch people on foot, they tend to pass on the left, so that the stranger is on their stronger side.

Tennant :):):)

yes Napoleon. All the "conquered" countries switchedalong wtih France, all the British Empire/Commonwelth countries are/were lefties. Some of them have swaped since for politicla reasons.

Jac

Jacqui wrote:

But what about the USA? Napoleon ended in the early 19th century, and yet stagecoaches were middle 19th century (until the coming of the railroads). So what made them switch much later?

Is this countries like Norway/Sweden (I forget which one) that swapped about thirty (?) years ago to suit their neighbours?

Tennant :):):)

In the previous post, the mostly harmless Activia claimed:

A few years ago I went to London with a few friends. We had a ball (read: a bbq with lots of beverages but not quite as much food), so the next day we were walking downtown like zombies. This caused me to forget that those bloody busses drive on the wrong side of the road, which is not a good thing if you cross the street. People still tell me how lucky I was that that bus just barely managed to miss me ;-)

So be prepared (even if you're sober:) (and yes, that guy guarding the palace really can't be made to laugh, they are taught very well since all tricks pulled by the tourists didn't work)

Bram

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Betina wrote in message ...

You've never heard of Danish?

Marcel

Well, I see that I should have spend my vacation in Holland. Perhaps touring the dikes with a crate of dynamite.

The Devil wrote in message ...

That wouldn't be nice. We would all drown.

Marcel

Naa, you could just head for the windmills.

I've had something against Holland ever since I visited Amsterdam two years ago. It rained the entire time, so much that it actually made the news back here. The canal tour I took had to take an alternative route as the boat couldn't pass under some of the low bridges on the normal route because of high water.

The Devil wrote in message ...

Yeah...it's a good thing we have so much of them....

Heh heh heh.....shit happens sometimes.....and then the tourists leave. :-)

On a serious note: it can get pretty ugly in certain seasons. Early Spring and late Fall (Autumn) are the worst.

Marcel

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

I think just about every person in Asia drives on the left side. What's wrong with those people? :-)

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

And some African countries.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

That I didn't know. Not that I'm planning on going there in the very near future, but when I do go it can turn out to be useful information.

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

More adventurous Britons now go to Holland to buy new UK specification cars, because they're much cheaper than here, and Dutch dealers speak English. But the old die-hards refuse to believe there's no catch, and think the cars will be LH drive. You tell them that EC law ensures you can buy RH drive cars, and they say that's all very well for European cars, but you still wouldn't get a RH drive Japanese car. So you tell them Japan drives on the left like we do, and they just won't have it!

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

So your telling me that cars are cheaper in Holland than in Brittain? That's strange.....I always thought cars were overpriced here. Especially Ford. I bought a 1990 Escort XR3i five years ago for �5300. It's a nice car and really fast for its model, but not worth that kind of money.

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

By a huge amount.

A �20,000 car for �12,000 after VAT would not be unusual.

There's been a big stink about it, and the UK Government has instructed car manufacturers to remove the differential - but they just squealed a lot, then took the odd �1,000 off, pretended they'd solved the problem, waited for the media to lose interest, then put the odd �2,000 back on, so the problem is now worse than ever.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

Hmmmm....profit from a large discount. A good way to go.

That's a pretty large difference in price.

That's the car-business for ya! Whenever someone feels you're getting the better side of the deal, they go and change the rules so you get the short end of the stick. Then the dealers fight back and play their own game until they make the kind of money they thought of making in the first place.

Marcel

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 02:12:23 BST, Tennant Stuart wrote:

I saw a funny story in a newspaper the other day. An Englishman visiting Norway drove on the left side of the road. Obviously, he didn't know that we drive on the right side, so he just kept on driving that way.

Then, a police car came driving in the opposite direction. The Brit was still driving on his side, and the police car had to pull over in order to avoid a crash. Small mistake... Oops... The police finally caught up with him, and the guy refused the fine he was given... 'Cause he thought he hadn't done anything wrong...

On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 20:19:26 GMT, [email] (Ariel ) wrote:

I think it's basically all Commonwealth countries and Japan who drive on the left.

In article , [email] (Ariel ) wrote:

The German term for this literally translates as Ghost Drivers. Their stereotype is an elderly peasant couple driving the wrong way up the autobahn, complaining about the number of Ghost Drivers on the road.

Tennant

On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 00:54:10 BST, Tennant Stuart wrote:

I'm going to Germany on Saturday, so I'd better check the autobahn for these drivers, then! :)

In article , [email] (Ariel ) wrote:

Are you driving all the way there Ariel, via the new bridge?

Tennant

In article ,

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No, fortunately I'll drive down to Oslo and go by ferry to Kiel, and then drive to Berlin. It would have taken several days to drive all the way, and it's more comfortable to go by boat anyway with casinos and nightclubs onboard... <g> Can't wait! :)

~Ariel

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"Betre b�r du ber kje i bakken enn mannevit mykje"
- H�vam�l

In article , [email] wrote:

You ought to get a ferry that crosses the Baltic and then sails up the river, and then you could partay the whole way...

Have fun!

Tennant

[email] wrote:

How old do you have to be to *legally* gamble there?

~Act

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

That's a very old European joke. My dad has used it several times. We would be driving through Germany and he would make the remark "There sure are a lot of Germans here" very often. :-)

BTW....in Holland "Ghost Drivers" are called "Spookrijders". Just in case you wanted to know.

Marcel

Activia wrote in message ...

I thought they only stacked themselves on top of trains....

Not in England....they even walk on the left side of the hallway. Do you know how many non-Brits bumped into people in the hallway because they were on the so called "wrong side"? :-)

Marcel

yes I can imagine the caios I'm going to go crazy if I go there like planned in sept.

~Act

Activia wrote in message ...

You're in for a few surprises, alright. The first day of my visit to England I almost got run over by a car when I tried to cross the road. I never figured it would come from the right. I'm lucky my girlfriend at the time payed a little more attention. :-)

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Driving a car on the continent is no problem after a short while, but sitting in the front passenger seat is *scary*. I wanted a little toy steering wheel like Maggie Simpson has...

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message ...

LOL! I didn't have my drivers-licence at the time, so I thought sitting in the left seat was cool!

Marcel

In article , "Zoepetier" wrote:

Well, once you have your licence Marcel, it's most discomforting to sit in what feels like the driver's seat, and yet the wheel has vanished.

Tennant