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Forum: USA
Jun 13th 2006, 5:31 am
Replies: 40
Views: 4,224
Posted By User Name

Re: Top 5 Myths About America

... lies, dam lies, statistics and left wing blogs. :D
Forum: USA
Jun 12th 2006, 9:41 pm
Jun 11th 2006, 12:35 am
Replies: 44
Views: 2,642
Posted By User Name

Prince Philip's 85 Birthday

Hate him or love him, it's an achievement to reach 85 ...

"Prince Philip at 85" ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5055596.stm)

"Prince Philip: A life in pictures"...
Forum: USA
Jun 8th 2006, 12:32 pm
Replies: 75
Views: 3,892
Posted By User Name

Re: Job Security?

It's not brilliant either way. There are companies here and in the UK that insist on loyalty from their employees and don't offer any in return. UK research scientists get used to having to move...
Jun 7th 2006, 12:10 am
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

Can you wait for the toxicology report before casting aspersions on two recently deceased young people you have never met. :rolleyes:
Jun 7th 2006, 12:07 am
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

There is a black comedy element, but it is soon quenched when one thinks of the grief of the loved ones left behind. It must be awful for them. Just awful.
Forum: USA
Jun 6th 2006, 11:44 pm
Replies: 75
Views: 3,892
Posted By User Name

Re: Job Security?

That's one thing I find disgraceful. That a company will demand 100% loyalty and get angry with an employee that hands in their notice, yet let good people go with no notice and in an uncaring...
Jun 6th 2006, 11:18 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

I was wondering why two young adults did not realize that breathing in a gas that did not contain sufficient amounts of oxygen could be anything but unsafe. I was wondering about the state of their...
Jun 6th 2006, 11:06 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

Are you saying is that it is OK to go along with the crowd even though two young adults died?

But yeah, if two young adults died of the big C at about the same time outside a condo building, I...
Jun 6th 2006, 11:00 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

They probably thought it would be a giggle.
Jun 6th 2006, 10:40 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

Comedy angle? Two twenty-one year olds died.
Jun 6th 2006, 10:03 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

The cause of death though is pretty obvious, oxygen starvation of the brain. Helium is non-toxic and unreactive. The deaths would have been pretty much painless, they probably felt a high prior to...
Jun 6th 2006, 9:52 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 1,666
Posted By User Name

Re: Helium balloon trick...

This news story was out a few days ago, so not exactly fresh. I can't imagine what those students were thinking, I guess they were not science majors. Carbon dioxide has the same effect on the...
Forum: USA
Jun 6th 2006, 8:13 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 1,862
Posted By User Name

Re: How Long Will America Lead the World?

The unemployment rate for the EU is around 7.6% and around 8% in the eurozone sub-group, somewhat higher than the U.S. http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2001/nov/213_en.html

France is...
Forum: USA
Jun 6th 2006, 7:27 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 1,862
Posted By User Name

Re: How Long Will America Lead the World?

As is France's unemployment rate ...
Forum: USA
Jun 5th 2006, 8:11 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,457
Posted By User Name

Re: SALT Generators

Hmmmmm ... is this chlorine "free chlorine"? As in gas version of chlorine? If so, some of the chlorine will escape into the atmosphere. How is this chlorine generated? Electrolysis of water...
Forum: USA
Jun 5th 2006, 7:07 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,754
Posted By User Name

Re: Missing chemical bomb !!!!

Re: chemical WMD, the insects could be trained on the binary compounds - not on the toxic chemical agent itself. Could be made to work for finding conventional explosives or their "elements" (as...
Forum: USA
Jun 5th 2006, 6:50 am
Replies: 215
Views: 8,289
Posted By User Name

Re: Buying a used car ...

OK ... I'm still looking for the perfect stick/manual shift car ... and have been looking at the Toyota Corolla ... anyone have/had a stick/manual shift Corolla and willing to share their opinion...
Jun 4th 2006, 5:31 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 395
Posted By User Name

Exclamation How not to have fun …

“Their bodies were found Saturday partially inside a deflated helium balloon …” (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2038426)
Jun 4th 2006, 1:48 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 459
Posted By User Name

Red face Boys and their toys ...

The last time they flew across the Channel, they were 32 feet long, with Rolls-Royce engines and wings bristling with 20mm cannons …

“Fears for the worst as 10,000 Spitfires head for Germany”...
Forum: USA
Jun 4th 2006, 4:04 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,754
Posted By User Name

Re: Missing chemical bomb !!!!

*nods* It's a British trait to find humour even in war war, though we obviously prefer jaw jaw. The Islamic terrorists think up all sorts of stupid justifications in support of suicide bombers...
Jun 4th 2006, 3:57 am
Replies: 35
Views: 1,194
Posted By User Name

Re: Burger wars

*nods* Maybe some folks don't find it revolting, but we obviously do.
Jun 3rd 2006, 10:19 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 1,484
Posted By User Name

Re: Companies Read Employee E-mail

I agree that it makes sense to make the whole process very transparent and up-front for the employees, would make more sense for the employer too.
Jun 3rd 2006, 5:10 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 1,484
Posted By User Name

Re: Companies Read Employee E-mail

It's a case by case thing. Would a reasonable person have a reasonable expectation of privacy with regard to "private emails among friends at work sent in off hours". The employer might argue, that...
Forum: USA
Jun 3rd 2006, 4:39 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,754
Posted By User Name

Re: Missing chemical bomb !!!!

Spitting Image would have had a field day with this story.
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