Hello everyone,
Tamara was asking about petrol prices in non English speaking countries and thought
there are too few of us to comment. My reason for not writing anytihng in the first
place was pure laziness. All those different gallons and currency changes... ;-)
I do not drive very often,
Weronika
(confused in Caltech, Pasadena, USA)
(Also, my Matlab program just returned out of
memory, arrgh)
Hi, Weronika -
Programming's like hitting your head on a brick wall - lovely when it
stops! G
And a programmer is a machine for turning coffee into code - is that still
true for the
The English (don't know about the rest of the UK) are great at panicking
whenever shortage is mentioned, and create an even greater shortage by
panic buying. At Christmas, when the shops close for a couple of days,
people buy enough food for at least two weeks, as they seem to think the
shops
(Also, my Matlab program just returned out of
memory, arrgh)
Hi, Weronika -
Programming's like hitting your head on a brick wall - lovely when it
stops! G
g. Actually programming isn't that bad, I just wish I had someone to
debug it for me! Plus, I spent most of last summer
The last confusing time detail I can never remember properly - do you
use 00 or 12 for midnight and noon, and which one is pm and which one
is am?
Weronika
Okay.
If 11 PM is 2300, then midnight can only be . 1200 would not follow
2300, but would.
Therefore, 1200 is noon and it is PM.
Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, and they [windows] all have those insect nets,
In Michigan (very recently wet, rainy Michigan), if you didn't have window
screens, you'd be eaten alive at night by mosquitoes. Even with the
screens, sometimes the mosquito-whining from outside the
Maybe for some of them (we still have a pot brewing in all the
break rooms around here), but not for me. I try to limit my caffeine
intake to chocolate, which I can't live without. Not sure if I
qualify as newer generation since I just passed my 40th birthday.
Lisa in Dallas
Margery wrote:
Hi All, I also love reading about the differences among
countries. We sure need window screens in Vermont for
most of the bugs mentioned by Lynn. I was surprised when
we spent the night in a hotel on the Oregon coast and had
no screens. They didn't have any bugs! Very nice! I
suppose
In Michigan (very recently wet, rainy Michigan), if you didn't have window
screens, you'd be eaten alive at night by mosquitoes. Even with the
screens, sometimes the mosquito-whining from outside the screens drives me
crazy, and if one of the little devils has sneaked into the house, into the
At 09:52 AM 6/2/04 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most of the prize is different taxes.
Here in the states, we have no idea how much of the price of auto fuel is
taxes. A gas-station attendant once told me that it's against the law to
tell us!
So much for the First Amendment.
--
Joy
At 12:57 AM 6/2/04 -0700, Weronika Patena wrote:
The last confusing time detail I can never remember properly - do you
use 00 or 12 for midnight and noon, and which one is pm and which one
is am?
In twelve-hour time, it's 12:00. (In modular arithmetic -- clock
arithmetic, useful for many
At 06:58 PM 6/2/04 +1000, Ruth Budge wrote:
Just remember that when one day ends, the next day starts - at midnight!!
Unless you are an astronomer . . . ;-)
--
Joy Beeson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/
http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/
west of Fort Wayne,
Enjoy!!
Peter
INSTALLING HUSBAND V1.0
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a
distinct slow down in overall system performance - particularly in the
flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under
Boyfriend 5.0.
On Jun 1, 2004, at 16:16, H. Muth (Heather) wrote:
I just got my phone bill today and you will all (especially Tamara) be
pleased to know that it cost me CAD$1.64 to talk to David. Yes, only
$1.64 and we talked for 23 minutes! I was expecting 5-7 dollars so am
pleased at this price. And my
If you don't want to be locked into a subscribed plan because you don't make
frequent long distance calls, look to see what cheap plan programs exist for
your area. I dial 101-55-66 before I make long distance calls. The
discounts are enormous AND the charges are added to the normal phone bill
On Jun 3, 2004, at 0:28, Malvary Cole wrote:
I also use it to call to England every week, where there is no minimum
time
limit. A recent 78 minute call to my sister, Jacquie, cost just over
$5, and
a 10 minute call to my mum cost just 70 cents.
Malvary in Ottawa (who is so happy that Jacquie
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