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I had an email recently on my old university account (i worked at this particular university for two years as a postdoc). It said that they expected i already knew but some total stranger was retiring and i was invited to his party. I replied saying i couldn't come because a) i didnt know him...

When making decisions in life, on the whole, on average, where would you put the ideal ratio of "heart" and "mind"? this is a private poll, please be free with your votes. edit: i had to leave out one of the options because 10 is the maximum allowed. Maybe it says somethign about me but i...

A friend sent me an email about something which seems like a neat idea, although i plan not to do it. I don't know how widespread it will be or whether it was just email spam. The suggestion was to switch off your lights from 6:55 to 7pm tonight. The UK and france are doing it at the same...

make your pledge of allegiance to me here, or i will persecute you with negative feedback! PS this is a joke. i'm not going to actually do it.

It seems when you hover above it it says "add to align='s reputation" instead of something along the lines of "add to hermanntrude's reputation", for instance

personally i think obligated would have been a bushism if only someone else hadnt already used it. Obliged is the word.

In another thread, our glorious leader suggested that he would be willing to hear suggestions for a new ranking system. Here is my suggestion: 0-50 posts: newbie 50-250 posts: member 250-500 posts: bright spark 500-750 posts: clever clogs 750-1000 posts: genius 1000-1500 posts: supergenius...

on a scale of 1 (extreme left) to 10 (extreme right) where would you put yourself? less talking, more voting.

It's been a bug bear of mine for some time, that although I have asked the question many a time, no-one seems capable of giving a clear answer to the following question: what the hell does it mean when you say someone is a "lefty" or "right-wing"? and how exactly can u pin down someone's...

Me and my wife are looking for baby names. particularly short of male baby names. We want something unusual but not totally outrageous. The surname will be High. so far we like Stan (although it's going out of favour), James (not unusual but nice) and Amelia. all suggestions positively...

1000 posts :D I officially have too much time on my hands

I once read (a few years ago) that at his (then)current rate of profit, Bill Gates would become the world's first trillionaire (assuming USdollars), in 2017. Do you think it will ever happen?

I appear to have been demoted. Last week i had the lofty rank of "Ubergod". now i'm a "regular member" SNOOORE

alcohol and nicotine are about the hardest drugs there are discuss

Hi I've just moved into Edmonton. living near Whyte avenue. I am from england and my wife lives a 12 hour drive north of here. people at work don't seem to socialise or speak much. Anyone out there fancy gaining a new friend? or got any suggestions as to how i might make some? I tried...

I am getting tired of the ever-growing thread of things people hate about canada. so here's some of the things i love about canada: 1)You can get things done: When my (canadian) wife had to get a bank account in england, they almost reduced her to tears, refusing to do anything until she got...

well i've been abset a lot recently. mainly cos i've been too busy learning about life on a reserve in the north of alberta. For those of you who remember me i have two bits of news: 1) I now live in edmonton and am away from my wife for a while so will be lonely and probably posting more...

I've noticed a lot of it happens now. People state that x was done by christians or y was done by muslems, or all americans are z. Why should we categorise people? and if we do maybe we could attempt to use the categories only when they truly apply. For instance rather than say all acts of...

those of you who missed me terribly will be happy to know i arrived safely in high level just a few minutes ago. I'm staying at a motel for a couple of days and then heading to my new home. I'll set up computer and start being an argumentative sod again :D