On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Dave Land wrote: > > > >>> Does anyone know where I can find a piece of furniture with the life > >>> stressors of Rio de Janeiro over the year? > >>> > >> What are life stressors? > > > > Stress-inducing factors in life: job changes, moving house, marriage > > and divorce, child birth and death, ... that sort of thing. It's a term > > one runs across here in the USA, perhaps especially in California, > > and certainly most often in literature provided by so-called Human > > Resources departments of large corporations. > > > And wtf does a life stressor have to do with my original question, > or with furniture? I missed the joke - if that was one. You asked, Does anyone know where I can find a table with the pressures of Rio de Janeiro over the year? I assume you meant an array of values when you said "table", but it's also a piece of furniture. At http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=table definition 1 was assumed by someone trying to be funny. You meant definition 11, I believe. I assume you meant atmospheric pressure at ground level adjusted for altitude when you said "pressures", but "pressures" has the meaning of "life stressors" as well. At http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pressure I believe you meant definition 4, but at least one of definitions 5-7 came to mind for at least 2 people other than yourself. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
