Promissory Estoppel In the law of contracts, the doctrine that provides that if a party changes his or her position substantially either by acting or forbearing from acting in reliance upon a gratuitous promise, then that party can enforce the promise although the essential elements of a contract are not present.
Certain elements must be established to invoke promissory estoppel. A promisor—one who makes a promise—makes a gratuitous promise that he should reasonably have expected to induce action or forbearance of a definite and substantial character on the part of the promisee—one to whom a promise has been made. The promisee justifiably relies on the promise. A substantial detriment—that is, an economic loss—ensues to the promisee from action or forbearance. Injustice can be avoided only by enforcing the promise.
Look how many papers are giving space to eternal Peanuts reruns. They're not even selected from the whole opus; I don't know if that's because Schulz didn't want older strips rerun or the syndicate doesn't want to introduce discontinuity by printing strips from when the characters looked different (Snoopy walking on all fours and not suffering macrocephaly, for instance.)
Introducing new options mid-year is unusual, but changing (usually small) parts mid-year is not. Mechanics are well accustomed to checking VINs to determine which wiper motor mount (or whatever) to order for your '91 Homermobile, because Powell changed it halfway through production.
Yes. Back in the 70s you'd occasionally see them whimsically painted as robots or construction workers or whatever, but that was done by local residents. They put a stop to that for whatever reason and now they're all dark grey and silver. I don't know why. Hydrants in San Francisco are all white (except for this one.) The ones connected to cisterns instead of a water main used to have a different cap color but no longer.
Reminds me of this Florida town, which annexed a tiny sliver of land connecting it to a quarter-mile stretch of highway so they could write speeding tickets.
at one point, the city's police force had grown from one officer up to 17, some of who were volunteers, some driving uninsured cars, and some who may not even been trained on using a radar detector
Why didn't the citizens narc out this illegal behavior? It may depend on the state, but afaik working without overtime isn't something you can legally "volunteer" (read: be voluntold) to do as an employee.
Failing that, gang up and "educate" them. The labor movement didn't buy us a 40-hour workweek and basic safety standards by letting desperate scabs undercut it.
Marx has never stopped being essential reading, as a historical document if not an instruction manual. The people argh-blarghing about him being included in curricula are invariably those who have never read him and knee-jerkingly shout about socialism without knowing what the word even means.
You’re right that ceramic knives are bullshit, but your price point for a decent real knife is way low. $40 knives will cut things, but they won’t hold an edge and they feel awful, except maybe meat cleavers and paring/utility knives. For a main 8-9" chef’s knife don’t go below $150. Also avoid stainless steel if possible. Carbon steel is harder to take care of (no dishwasher, rub with oil before putting away) but dulls pretty much never (and it looks cool.)
Your examples all select for good upper-body strength. You may as well point out that there are no female linebackers in the NFL. Office work and management has nothing to do with raw physical ability, so unless you’re prepared to make the argument that women are genetically unsuited to the cutthroat world of sitting on one’s ass in front of a keyboard, you better re-examine your premise.
The proper questions to ask are those that you know something about. For Snowden to suddenly jump on LGBT rights or Chechen independence would come off as the type of issue-of-the-day “activism” sometimes seen with celebrities. It would make about as much sense as if Pussy Riot went on U.S. television to talk about Obamacare or the Keystone Pipeline.
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Look how many papers are giving space to eternal Peanuts reruns. They're not even selected from the whole opus; I don't know if that's because Schulz didn't want older strips rerun or the syndicate doesn't want to introduce discontinuity by printing strips from when the characters looked different (Snoopy walking on all fours and not suffering macrocephaly, for instance.)
Pound for pound, horse crap is maybe the least offensive crap in the animal kingdom. Horse piss, on the other hand...
Introducing new options mid-year is unusual, but changing (usually small) parts mid-year is not. Mechanics are well accustomed to checking VINs to determine which wiper motor mount (or whatever) to order for your '91 Homermobile, because Powell changed it halfway through production.
Yes. Back in the 70s you'd occasionally see them whimsically painted as robots or construction workers or whatever, but that was done by local residents. They put a stop to that for whatever reason and now they're all dark grey and silver. I don't know why. Hydrants in San Francisco are all white (except for this one.) The ones connected to cisterns instead of a water main used to have a different cap color but no longer.
Reminds me of this Florida town, which annexed a tiny sliver of land connecting it to a quarter-mile stretch of highway so they could write speeding tickets.
Ah, Florida.
I've always wondered why don't they make the hydrants taller than cars, so firefighters could run hose across the roof/hood/trunk?
Don't know about the others, but mutt has an option to compile with OpenSSL instead.
Why didn't the citizens narc out this illegal behavior? It may depend on the state, but afaik working without overtime isn't something you can legally "volunteer" (read: be voluntold) to do as an employee.
Failing that, gang up and "educate" them. The labor movement didn't buy us a 40-hour workweek and basic safety standards by letting desperate scabs undercut it.
As pointed out earlier, it's not the FCC's definition, Oliver called on "trolls" verbatim.
Most Americans would be eager to eat ostriches if they'd ever interacted with one.
You mean you might care enough to post a comment telling us all about how little you care?
Marx has never stopped being essential reading, as a historical document if not an instruction manual. The people argh-blarghing about him being included in curricula are invariably those who have never read him and knee-jerkingly shout about socialism without knowing what the word even means.
It was as heavy as a truck carrying 13 African elephants.
posting to undo moderation
I get much better resolution by simply looking down around my feet.
You’re right that ceramic knives are bullshit, but your price point for a decent real knife is way low. $40 knives will cut things, but they won’t hold an edge and they feel awful, except maybe meat cleavers and paring/utility knives. For a main 8-9" chef’s knife don’t go below $150. Also avoid stainless steel if possible. Carbon steel is harder to take care of (no dishwasher, rub with oil before putting away) but dulls pretty much never (and it looks cool.)
What would it cost me for all Dreamworks Animation pictures to be in 0x0?
At least the Chinese are not interested in "regime changes" in other countries.
Tibet and Taiwan will be happy to hear that.
Hopefully we can get China to censor Big Bang Theory here in the U.S. too.
Every time I get gas, at least one drop hits the pavement
I’m sure there’s medication available for that.
Your examples all select for good upper-body strength. You may as well point out that there are no female linebackers in the NFL. Office work and management has nothing to do with raw physical ability, so unless you’re prepared to make the argument that women are genetically unsuited to the cutthroat world of sitting on one’s ass in front of a keyboard, you better re-examine your premise.
Most likely they’re avoiding us. I would.
Right, that explains all the former FCC chairmen now lobbying for ConAgra and Monsanto.
The proper questions to ask are those that you know something about. For Snowden to suddenly jump on LGBT rights or Chechen independence would come off as the type of issue-of-the-day “activism” sometimes seen with celebrities. It would make about as much sense as if Pussy Riot went on U.S. television to talk about Obamacare or the Keystone Pipeline.