Not quite... a 'Monk' belongs to a religious order that takes vows of stability (staying in one monastery), whereas a 'Friar' belongs to one of the Mendicant orders (those that earn their living through alms or begging). Therefore, a member of the Benedictine, Cistercian, or Trappist Orders would be termed a 'Monk', whereas a member of the Franciscan, Dominican, Carmelite, or Servite Orders would eb termed a 'Friar.'
"Heh. I had a 10 minute voicemail of my drive home, once."
My boss' phone used to dial people in the address book without any intervention. He wouldn't know it was doing it until someone started talking in his handsfree set. Used to drive him nuts.
The best (worst?) was a friend who had a phone that did this and a jealous girlfriend. His phone called her house and left a long message of him getting a table dance in a titty bar. Needless to say, he didn't have a girlfriend for long after that.
What? Put LOX in the Empire State Building... That would be horrible...
I'm sure there's plenty there already... along with an lot of cream cheese, red oinions and bagels...
mmm..... bagels with cream cheese and LOX...
OK... went to check Google on my post. There is a book called "Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-Boats 1942-1943" published by Texas A&M University Press.
Of course there is the well known U-boat activity from Florida to Maine. People living on the coast saw many instances of ship aflame.
Actually, it went along the Gulf Coast as well. I know there were tankers attacked and sunk off Galveston by U-boats. In Fact, there remains to be seen a bunker on the Galveston seawall (I think the San Luis Hotel is built on top of it) where heavy guns were placed. And, if I recall correctly (haven't googled for it to refresh my memory) there were U-Boats sunk in the Gulf as well.
One reason I like my PDA (and as I'm sure others will point out) is that I can use it as a portable library of e-books. Plus, being able to play a game of solitaire while sitting on the crapper is a big plus (just don't tell anyone you're going to the toilet for some solitaire!)
But the main reason I have for keeping it seperate from my phone (besides screen size) is this: I DON'T HAVE TO PAY A MONTHLY FEE TO USE MY PDA!
Why does it seem that more devices like this which can be purchased once and used without a monthly charge are being edged out by cheap, tatty phones and the like that require service agreements? Who the hell NEEDS a phone with a million features (PDA, camera, video mail, etc) when all one really needs is a phone that lets you place and receive calls?
Especially if you are referring to Monterrey. It has the most universities, and the best-educated population of any large Mexican town. Plus, the mountains nearby (and the towering Serro de la Silla that dominates the skyline) are beautiful. The people are friendly, and there's plenty of good cerveza, since Carta Blanca, Dos Equis, Sol, and Indio are alll brewed in town.
You just have to REALLY like meat three times a day, since its about all you can find to eat. I pity any vegetarians who go there.
Similar thing happened to me one time when i was on call support. A colleague was at the data center doing maintenance, and needed to get into one of my systems. Unfortunately, he didn't have an account.
he: "I need access into xyz system. No one else is around to help, and the network is down anyway, so you can't even dial in to help me. What's your password?"
me: "fuckoff"
he:... long silence... followed by "you don't have to get personal about it."
me: "no. that's the password!"
Oh, come on now... at least Clear Channel stations are good for one thing... they've allowed me to keep my alarm clock exactly on time! Seems like they always play the same song at the same time every morning. Sorta like Groundhog Day, but not quite as much fun...
... As if people in higher-paying jobs are not tempted to abuse their positions?
As someone who has been out of work for five months now, I find your attitude towards the unemployed offensive and repugnant.
Ya know, this make me feel a lot better about the fact that I've now been out of work for over five months.
I may be broke, I may be screwed, but at least I'm not being cheated!
Gotta go... my ripple's getting warm....
Actually, they had pieces of 'flair' for lots of groups in society they wanted to keep tabs on.
Homosexuals had a pink triangle
Communists had a red triangle
Criminals had a green triangle
Anti-Socialists had a black triangle
Emigrants had a blue triangle
Gypsies had a brown triangle
Jehova's Witnesses had a purple triangle.
The fact is (commonly overlooked) that many more people than just Jews were persecuted and interred in concentration camps under the Nazi regime.
Amen!
I live southwest of Houston, and the only Fry's around here is up near the airport. (about a 50 mile trip each way/100 mile round trip.) Plus, it's in a REALLY bad neighborhood. The place make you feel like you're likely to be carjacked coming out of the place.
If the Germans had not placed Hitler in power...
Sorry... not to sound like a Hitler apologist, but if England and France had not given Germany such a brutal ass-fucking with the treaty of Versailles, Hitler would have just been another crappy artist.
Plundering Germany and depriving her of the means of defending herself after the Great War left the German people with unbelievable inflation, a worthless currency, and skyrocketing unemployment.
Chancellor Hitler, on the other hand, gave them full employment, a stable currency, and most importantly (or unfortunately), a scapegoat.
So yes, you reap what you sow... but it wasn't the Germans who were sowing the field.
This one works. For someone with nasty caffeine headaches when I'd wait an extra hour before my first cup, its amazing what a flu bug can do.
I was down with the flu for 10 days and never even wanted coffee.
And ditto on the flu shots. Damn things cost me two weeks and a boatload of money years ago. You're much better off taking my chances.
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Instead I try and work hard and earn money from my clients by doing a better job faster.
By posting on Slashdot?
Not quite... a 'Monk' belongs to a religious order that takes vows of stability (staying in one monastery), whereas a 'Friar' belongs to one of the Mendicant orders (those that earn their living through alms or begging). Therefore, a member of the Benedictine, Cistercian, or Trappist Orders would be termed a 'Monk', whereas a member of the Franciscan, Dominican, Carmelite, or Servite Orders would eb termed a 'Friar.'
it's das blinkenlights!
Read this as 'Cybernetic Prostitutes for Amputees"?
Did they assimilate an Igor? Would certainly be handy with spare (body) parts!
"Heh. I had a 10 minute voicemail of my drive home, once." My boss' phone used to dial people in the address book without any intervention. He wouldn't know it was doing it until someone started talking in his handsfree set. Used to drive him nuts.
The best (worst?) was a friend who had a phone that did this and a jealous girlfriend. His phone called her house and left a long message of him getting a table dance in a titty bar. Needless to say, he didn't have a girlfriend for long after that.
What? Put LOX in the Empire State Building... That would be horrible...
I'm sure there's plenty there already... along with an lot of cream cheese, red oinions and bagels...
mmm..... bagels with cream cheese and LOX...
OK... went to check Google on my post. There is a book called "Torpedoes in the Gulf: Galveston and the U-Boats 1942-1943" published by Texas A&M University Press.
Of course there is the well known U-boat activity from Florida to Maine. People living on the coast saw many instances of ship aflame.
Actually, it went along the Gulf Coast as well. I know there were tankers attacked and sunk off Galveston by U-boats. In Fact, there remains to be seen a bunker on the Galveston seawall (I think the San Luis Hotel is built on top of it) where heavy guns were placed. And, if I recall correctly (haven't googled for it to refresh my memory) there were U-Boats sunk in the Gulf as well.
One reason I like my PDA (and as I'm sure others will point out) is that I can use it as a portable library of e-books. Plus, being able to play a game of solitaire while sitting on the crapper is a big plus (just don't tell anyone you're going to the toilet for some solitaire!)
But the main reason I have for keeping it seperate from my phone (besides screen size) is this: I DON'T HAVE TO PAY A MONTHLY FEE TO USE MY PDA!
Why does it seem that more devices like this which can be purchased once and used without a monthly charge are being edged out by cheap, tatty phones and the like that require service agreements? Who the hell NEEDS a phone with a million features (PDA, camera, video mail, etc) when all one really needs is a phone that lets you place and receive calls?
Especially if you are referring to Monterrey. It has the most universities, and the best-educated population of any large Mexican town. Plus, the mountains nearby (and the towering Serro de la Silla that dominates the skyline) are beautiful. The people are friendly, and there's plenty of good cerveza, since Carta Blanca, Dos Equis, Sol, and Indio are alll brewed in town.
You just have to REALLY like meat three times a day, since its about all you can find to eat. I pity any vegetarians who go there.
"Area 51 is a hoax by the government"
... are you sure it's not the other way around?
So I did, too...
Teacher, the dog ate my laptop!
Similar thing happened to me one time when i was on call support. A colleague was at the data center doing maintenance, and needed to get into one of my systems. Unfortunately, he didn't have an account. ... long silence... followed by "you don't have to get personal about it."
he: "I need access into xyz system. No one else is around to help, and the network is down anyway, so you can't even dial in to help me. What's your password?"
me: "fuckoff"
he:
me: "no. that's the password!"
... and imagine how much you could make if you could take all the 'p' out of the pools!
Oh, come on now... at least Clear Channel stations are good for one thing... they've allowed me to keep my alarm clock exactly on time! Seems like they always play the same song at the same time every morning. Sorta like Groundhog Day, but not quite as much fun...
... As if people in higher-paying jobs are not tempted to abuse their positions?
As someone who has been out of work for five months now, I find your attitude towards the unemployed offensive and repugnant.
Ya know, this make me feel a lot better about the fact that I've now been out of work for over five months.
I may be broke, I may be screwed, but at least I'm not being cheated!
Gotta go... my ripple's getting warm....
Homosexuals had a pink triangle
Communists had a red triangle
Criminals had a green triangle
Anti-Socialists had a black triangle
Emigrants had a blue triangle
Gypsies had a brown triangle
Jehova's Witnesses had a purple triangle.
The fact is (commonly overlooked) that many more people than just Jews were persecuted and interred in concentration camps under the Nazi regime.
Amen!
I live southwest of Houston, and the only Fry's around here is up near the airport. (about a 50 mile trip each way/100 mile round trip.) Plus, it's in a REALLY bad neighborhood. The place make you feel like you're likely to be carjacked coming out of the place.
If the Germans had not placed Hitler in power...
Sorry... not to sound like a Hitler apologist, but if England and France had not given Germany such a brutal ass-fucking with the treaty of Versailles, Hitler would have just been another crappy artist.
Plundering Germany and depriving her of the means of defending herself after the Great War left the German people with unbelievable inflation, a worthless currency, and skyrocketing unemployment.
Chancellor Hitler, on the other hand, gave them full employment, a stable currency, and most importantly (or unfortunately), a scapegoat.
So yes, you reap what you sow... but it wasn't the Germans who were sowing the field.
This one works. For someone with nasty caffeine headaches when I'd wait an extra hour before my first cup, its amazing what a flu bug can do.
I was down with the flu for 10 days and never even wanted coffee.
And ditto on the flu shots. Damn things cost me two weeks and a boatload of money years ago. You're much better off taking my chances.
Now there's a law with a PURPOSE! Can we get it updated to stealing cars?