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Post by bjd on Mar 16, 2017 16:39:35 GMT
Actually, I think Mark's explanation makes perfect sense. It's well known that the Chinese like to gamble and "i-ching" sounds like an old cash register when the amount button was pressed and the drawer opened.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 16, 2017 17:00:46 GMT
In my shop I tease the cashier with "Ka-Ching, ka-ching, ka-ching" meaning how is the Jewish piano playing today?
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 16, 2017 17:11:03 GMT
K2, I can't believe either of us could be misinterpreted. It would never happen, surely?
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Post by tod2 on Mar 16, 2017 17:16:09 GMT
Quite easily Mark...!
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Post by patricklondon on Mar 16, 2017 21:49:44 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 16, 2017 22:54:33 GMT
You are all wrong, as you well know! It is a condition where the skin becomes dry and irritated leading to the use of fingernails to relieve the affected area [see poison ivy, calamine lotion, more scratching, "red raw" etc.]
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Post by whatagain on Mar 16, 2017 22:59:12 GMT
"i-ching" sounds like an old cash register when
Ah, that song from Pink Floyd.
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Post by mossie on Mar 17, 2017 19:47:28 GMT
and I thought Mark was going to explain the game of pocket billiards.
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 17, 2017 20:19:38 GMT
I haven't got the balls to do so.
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Post by questa on Mar 17, 2017 23:34:55 GMT
Specially when playing pocket billiards standing too close to the open cash register.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 0:17:55 GMT
The fire alarm went off in the hotel at 5:55 a.m. and continued with automatic announcements for about 15 minutes. ("Remain calm; we are investigating the situation.") Well it wasn't at all a trauma to me because I was already up and there was no smell of smoke. But most of the clients are mainland Chinese who don't speak English, so I heard a certain amount of scurrying in the corridor.
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Post by questa on Mar 18, 2017 12:53:00 GMT
Knowing the convoluted and creative forms of power cable placement in mainland Chinese 'business man hotel' I think the scurrying may have been merely a conditioned reflex. 1) hear signal 2) signal still on and voice talking 3) Scurry.
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Post by whatagain on Mar 18, 2017 15:12:00 GMT
Had a fire alarm in Aubervilliers. Right in front of stade de france. This being in france there was no announcement at all and the alarm rang every 20 min for 2 hours. When I asked for a rebate at check out I was told no. I was a regular customer. The next week I had m'y Velib and started changing hotel every time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2017 3:25:56 GMT
Will I never understand that a medium frites in the Hauts de France region serves a family of 6? The amount I wanted is what fits into the plastic container. But they dump the first amount into that and then they dump a second amount on top of that. And then comes the 3rd amount that they dump on top of that. For 3 euros. My trauma? Having to throw 75% of these wonderful frites in the rubbish bin. (You can't give them away because everybody around you has just as many or more, but for some reason they are not complaining.)
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2017 5:05:18 GMT
Big portion! This may not sound like much, but there is one (1) single fly in my house & I can't get rid of the damned thing. Of course it is buzzing around me, but is quiet and invisible otherwise. It's larger than the usual house fly.
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Post by whatagain on Apr 1, 2017 5:10:00 GMT
A man who likes fries cannot be bad.
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Post by questa on Apr 1, 2017 7:49:28 GMT
Bixa, isn't it infuriating when the fly is buzzing around you constantly. You go get the killer spray, return, and fly has disappeared. So you start work again, only to be attacked once again. This little dance might go on for ages until the fly is almost drowned in spray and the human is gazing at the walls, hysterically shrieking," I'll get you yet"
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2017 16:11:50 GMT
Questa, I don't even have any killer spray, so the only option was to seek out and destroy. Naturally, as often happens with lone flies, this was the ninja type that always manages to be just out of reach. At one point it landed on the top of the computer screen, so in plain sight. But since my computer is a laptop, whacking it wasn't an option.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2017 16:14:11 GMT
Use a dish towel.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2017 16:44:05 GMT
So true and that is my chosen weapon of destruction. But last night, when I was sitting just inches from the little demon, the kitchen towel was not at hand.
Knock wood, he or she is not here now.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 1, 2017 21:22:58 GMT
A friend who has just returned from Cuba seems to have a RAT in her basement. And no, I'm not lending her Livia. Renzo in his prime, yes. Livia isn't much bigger than well-fed rats.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2017 21:26:17 GMT
When it comes to feral Rodentia, is there any such thing as A rat, A mouse, etc.?
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Post by lagatta on Apr 2, 2017 0:02:24 GMT
Rats are MUCH larger than mice.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2017 1:42:38 GMT
~?~
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Post by tod2 on Apr 5, 2017 14:00:53 GMT
No Bixa, As you so rightly point out, they move in hoards so will always take on the plural - Mice, and Rats!
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 5, 2017 14:19:57 GMT
On a point of accuracy, the plural of mice is meeces. As in, "I hates those meeces to pieces". Everyone gets it wrong.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 5, 2017 14:45:34 GMT
"Hordes" of rodents may frequent the "hoards" of clutterers... ;-)
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Post by whatagain on Apr 5, 2017 20:38:48 GMT
My petty trauma today is that I spent 2 hours cleaning and repairing my chainsaw. And borrowed the one from my neighbour which is ten times better (and half the price) So now. Should I discard mine and buy a good one for a change ? Ah. I lost a small piece of skin, of course.
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Post by questa on Apr 5, 2017 22:24:39 GMT
Go for the safest, and use the safety features. You just lost a bit of skin but the injuries from chainsaw versus human contests are usually horrific, and always caused by the human. A paramedic friend told me that victims always say "It kicked back on me" but don't add "I took the safety guard off, and the job was too big/small for this saw, and I was talking to my mate or lighting a smoke and it was getting dark and I was in a hurry....etc" I think that there should be training courses for people buying or hiring saws. A good saw is expensive but it is worth an arm or a leg.
PS are you up to date with your Tetanus immunisation?
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Post by rikita on Apr 6, 2017 7:59:14 GMT
my ear itches. been itching for a few days. apparently an insect bit me there - but i have no idea what insect and why it would bite my ear, of all places.
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