I can fully understand that. My father was in New York once having diner with the governor (he was there to sign a contract that would generate several thousand jobs in the man's state). Things progressed nicely until the governor asked where my father came from. He answered he's from the Netherlands, on which the governor responde (obviously proud of his international geography) "Oh, the capital of Copenhagen!".
in england all we get are boring animals like badgers
You have badgers in England? I did not know that. I saw a television program a few years ago that talked about actual black panthers supposedly loose and living in the country-side somewhere in England; farmers swore to have spotted them and particular towns worried by this possibility contracted trackers and hunters to determine if it was true. It has never been proven as far as I know.
Someone mentioned bugs. I really like bugs. If I find any in the house I will do all I can to catch them and put them outside-- especially spiders. Spiders are amazing creatures! Their design, form, and function are superb. When I lived in Texas though, while going to school for programming, we had scorpions; they would come in the house in the Summer during droughts looking for water. They were quite small, flat, and almost transluecent-amber. I was laying on my bedroom floor one evening reading a Python book and I saw one looking out from under the bed. It was not frightening yet I did not wish to deal with it directly. I went to my Uncle and told him. He came and crushed it with a shoe. They are almost blind. They just come at you slowly (detecting your heat, I assume) clipping with their little pinchers as if to scare you. They are really quite comical and harmless as they are not poisonous but they will sting if they get the chance.
yeah hey guys i heard the funniest thing today, i was speaking to an american in battlefield 2 (game) and he asked where i was from and i said the UK and he replied, what state is that in! :)
I do not find that ^ hard to believe. :sad:
Edit from above: "I have been to almost every state in the Union but still end up not placing my own home state of Ohio correctly."
I meant, I did not place it exactly, I do know where my home State is, actually. :)
I don't mind the rebel flag .... if I can fly my hawaiian flag... Its all about perception...
Lemme check my old cite book ... OK the column is Ethicnic ... BMA Black (African) Male Adult, write HMA or LMA for hispanic/Latin Male Adult, WMA White Male Adult, OMA Asian or Pacific Islander Male Adult orth Other. F or X are Females ... J are juveniles.. Its not that we discriminate or profile its just for brevity on the radio ... The check the box thing was when computers came into play...
POO Pissed Off the Officer, AVANHI @#$@^% v. #$%# No Humans Involved
For me jerksand stupiidheads were like opinons everybody has one ... I would protect the good guy even if he hated my ehnic origin or he or she was stupid as a brick and the bad guys ... lets just say we don't talk about them.
I don't know .. alot of my relatives (Japanese, filipino, and hawaiian) we pretty much shut up and let our work do the talking for us and protected mother, God, and Country (This US). Even though the Japanese/Americans side got a raw deal in the camps. Though I notice that alot of "racists" don't pick on my fijian, tongan, maori, and samoan relatives ... hmmmmm!
Me and My minority relatives served quietly and with dignity for our patriotic obligations in the 442, 1st & 2nd Reg Filipino Scouts, Army, Navy and Marines. PD and Fire. WW1- Iraq/Afganistan, US, 911 and …
Cool quiz of U.S. geography but a tad picky in regards to exact pixel placement. I have been to almost every state in the Union but still end up not placing my own home state of Ohio correctly. :confused: :lol:
"Then the matter is settled." Said the Doctor "I shall call for the transportation cage and she can moved immediately." "A cage?" Asked Sherman. "Why, yes, a cage-- how else would you suggest moving a patient of this sort? Never you mind the details, Sherman. I am the professional here. She will be in good hands. Very Good Hands."
Dr. Florence was not the type of Doctor you would trust with a gangreaned appendeage never-the-less the fate of your deepest faiths; we quivered at times when no one was looking, and when people looked, he donned the face of a old-country Doctor-- an old-country Doctor with a secret to keep hidden and with no truth to share.
I love MS-Solitaire. When all other modern video games fail me and my system is overloaded due to the heavy graphics, I can always depend on this game to satisfy my gaming craving while actually exercising my brain. I often play this before or on breaks from coding to get my brain back in logical shape.
The suit is pretty cool and impressive considering the maker designed, built, and tested himself. I could imagine what the D.O.D. could do with it if they got their hands on it: classified materials, etc. I am certain our military labs are already developing similar environments for the modern soldier. The next 20-years will surely reveal some very interesting, military technology.
My computer AND my spouse. I realize that I spend most of my day\night on the computer programming for work and personal projects; I work from home so have the luxury of always being around my girlfriend (whom I live with). She does not work so we are always together. We each have our own rig (me the PC, her the laptop); I program and she watches movies on her computer. We are in the same room about 2-3 feet apart. We love it. We do spend great quality, non-computer time together: meals, church, walks, playing with our pets, talking\debating philosophy and religion.
We both look very forward to having a true Virtual Reality system in our house (hopefully within the next 10-20 years); this way we can suit-up, boot up, and travel together. The only issue will probably be what we do in VR: She wants to World travel, I want to travel to the Middle Ages-Europe, WWII. We both love history so I hope we can both visit ancient Athens or Rome together as a compromise. ;)
But, Caroline in her alien intelligence, did not realize that the Doctor was already onto her; upon injecting her with the syringe to settle her madness, he had also introduced Methylhydroxide-4, a chemical recently discovered in the labs of Geneva, originally used on rabid primates. This would control her disturbing powers he was most sure.
