I use a bidet, they're wonderful!
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Phrossack
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Pelicans can and do swallow other birds whole in mid-air!Our sports teams can move around, from time to time, so you'll get weird names that way sometimes. The Utah Jazz, for example, started out as the New Orleans Jazz and didn't change their name when they moved. Partly, it's because we don't have promotion and relegation, or inter-league continental competitions, and we have a geographically immense country (the contiguous states are about the size of Europe, but with half the population), so the business model has to be different. You're right about the animal-names thing, though, and they don't even need to sound tough. The current New Orleans basketball team is the Pelicans.
Embrace the joys of a bidet. Or else.
Bidets are usually mandatory by law here, in other countries they are a bit of a rarity.
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What kind of bidet? The stand-alone ones are tres terribles.
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That's it, you come down here: there's summer weather, functional bidets, hot water, and I can fry up some awesome chicken.
Whoa! Argentina has hot water now?
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I’m coming down with a cold and my roommate is sick as a dog. He’s been caughing for a week. Also, I miss Cuddlefluff. My former roommate took Fluffy when he moved out.
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I don't think that was supposed to happen.
EDIT: I had to update it. The old version was using an old API.
This reminds me of a blooper on an old TV show from the '70s, Project UFO. One of the investigators asked, "Have you had any weather here recently?"
aimeeandbeatles
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My old computer only had one temperature sensor I still have this screenshot from 2009, a month before I got my current one:
Oh dear, I'm so sorry you're stuck with an awful roommate, I'm surprised your landlady would let him rent without verifying his income? I had a roommate for one year when I was living in Georgia, she was nice enough but she had a super creepy brother who'd stay over some times. She also thought if she goes to stay with her parents for a month in the summer (she was a music teacher) that means she doesn't have to pay her portion of the rent that month ...
I'm pretty sure I'm sick, I'm having that feeling that a sore throat's coming on. Not this weekend!! *cries*
I'm pretty sure I'm sick, I'm having that feeling that a sore throat's coming on. Not this weekend!! *cries*
aimeeandbeatles
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Minor rant: Mozilla Thunderbird had stopped notifying me of updates, so I just now noticed that version 60 was out. Unfortunately, not only did upgrading disable some of my extensions, but the new icon sucks as well.
EDIT: Found replacements for a few of them. Icon still sucks though. Might see if I can use a resource editor.
EDIT: Found replacements for a few of them. Icon still sucks though. Might see if I can use a resource editor.
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I don't think that was supposed to happen.
EDIT: I had to update it. The old version was using an old API.
Reminds me of this:
Thorgalaeg
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I don't understand anything.Reminds me of this:
Synobun
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Well, my landlord would probably rate closer to a slumlord than a reputable landlord. As long as physical cash (no cheques
) is in her hand at the beginning of every month, she doesn't care. She's your average Vancouver homeowner who shoddily renovates their house into separate suites so they can rent out "apartments" and ease the burden of a 1.5 million dollar mortgage. It's bottom-of-the-barrel housing and it's a pretty good arrangement with that in mind. My previous place was worse, much worse, so I don't take my current arrangement (3 and a half years, somehow) for granted despite its... eccentricities.She didn't think to ask about his visa but I did. He's not allowed to live here, or work here, or study here. Basically, a tourist visa. He wants to stay for six months so it'll be a temporary issue, I suppose.
I don't know if his being here is a rant. I'm imagining a lot of issues surrounding him living here because the people who were here legally in the past weren't a bundle of joy to live with. What is he going to spend his time doing? What if he gets in trouble with the law? Stuff like that. It also seems like a stupid mistake on my landlord's part since she complains about every other tenant that lives here. I feel like she'd have better tenants if she asked questions and didn't specifically try to rent to people fresh off the boat who've never lived with someone who didn't change their diapers.
This one can actually speak English, though, so that's already a step ahead of the previous people I've lived with. He also specifically asked about cleaning and it sounds like he has a strict father overseeing his little adventure, so maybe it won't be too bad. It'd be just my luck if he ends up being the best roommate I've ever had and he's gone after only six months.
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People who are here illegally are very scrupulous about obeying the law.
The last thing they want is to attract attention of the law.It'd be just my luck if he ends up being the best roommate I've ever had and he's gone after only six months.
I went thirteen (13) years with nothing but bad haircuts.
One day, I tried a new barbershop. I explained in great detail what I wanted. The barber nodded and went to work. 80% of the way through, he asked his partner to translate something into Spanish. It was only then that I realized he didn't speak any English. Nevertheless, he delivered a superb haircut. 
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Try gargling and/or sucking on an aspirin. That might help.
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