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Physicians are rarely very good at the business side of things.
What, a giant whose eye explodes all over the dance floor on the hour doesn't do it for you? Who knew!
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The phrase the customs agent used last time I crossed the border was "steal" rather than "import." I assured him I still lived happily on this side.
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I was reasonably well-behaved on my last crossing as I was with The Guy and he is more easily embarrassed than I am.
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quote:Originally posted by Mick from Mars: This place is addictive.
First of all, yes it is. Second of all, you said "addictive" and not "addicting"! You are my new FAVORITE PERSON. Granted being my favorite person may not last very long, but hey, it's something.
People who say "addicting" are the new people who say "I seen it." It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
Well anyway, welcome to the 'rack. What part of the world are you from? If you don't mind my asking.
Little hint: Where I'm from, it's spelled FAVOURITE. . . . Regina. In Canada. To the north, and all that.
Ooooh, and just like that you STOPPED being my favorite. I don't know why but I've always hated adding the letter "U" unnecessarily to all sorts of words. Maybe it'll balance out in the end since I'm of French Canadian heritage, but I've got my eye on you.
Sterling -
That's a new one on me, but I understand the feeling.
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I've been a lurker for... *counts* ... six and a half years. I guess some things never change.
Edit: make that nearly nine. Wow. (Didn't I used to be good at math? Maybe things do change after all!)
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Ooooh, and just like that you STOPPED being my favorite. I don't know why but I've always hated adding the letter "U" unnecessarily to all sorts of words. Maybe it'll balance out in the end since I'm of French Canadian heritage, but I've got my eye on you.
See, in my mindset, it's you who continually remove letters from words. Live and let live man, live and let live.
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Hey, if that is you, can I borrow that outfit?
You see, I really would like to work at NASA after I move. I hear they have openings for tour guides. The only way I'd be a tour guide is if I get to wear something cool like that.
I'd also volunteer to replace any monkeys that are shipped to space, I just don't know if they do that anymore.
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We have a longterm member in the US whose husband helps broker personal mortgages, and his business is going better than ever. I think it depends on one's niche in the market.
And LargeTuna, you may not be aware of it, but Canada's real estate market hasn't suffered the same level of growing pains as the US has recently. Mick is Canadian.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Ooooh, and just like that you STOPPED being my favorite. I don't know why but I've always hated adding the letter "U" unnecessarily to all sorts of words. Maybe it'll balance out in the end since I'm of French Canadian heritage, but I've got my eye on you.
See, in my mindset, it's you who continually remove letters from words. Live and let live man, live and let live.
I think all colour is taken out of the words with their missing u. The flavour goes missing. I would take it as a favour if you guys could spell the words right.
(And don't get me started on the s/z debate. )
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I read too many British books so my internal speller can't remember which is right. The z sometimes looks so weird to me. "Baptize", is that how it's spelled here? "Baptise" looks so much better to me. Similarly "analyse", "civilisation", etc. Doesn't the "z" look like someone illiterate spelling "surprize" phonetically? That would seem likely to be how it aroze. Posts: 6246 | Registered: Aug 2004
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If there ever is a law in the US that regulates certain words to be spelled the British/Canadian way, then I could live with the s instead of the z, but I will never tolerate the superfluous u. In fact, I want to remove the second u from superfluous, but I can't because the English Gods would be angry and smite my words for the blasphemy of poor spelling.
Let's not get started on the zee/zed thing. That won't go well no matter how civil we try to be.
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