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[fresh_42]

Great new feature in printers. Can now specify pages , as in e.g., 1, 5, 7-10, 13. Instead of having to stop and start. Maybe just new to me, haven't done any printing in a while.

A while? The understatement of the day!

Talking about Eurosceptics, is Brexit finally through? It seems to have taken endlessly to be implemented.

Yes. All economic obstacles are in place and work. Stupidity has again achieved a huge victory!

 

[WWGD]

A while? The understatement of the day!

Yes. All economic obstacles are in place and work. Stupidity has again achieved a huge victory!

It seems some exiters are now saying they did not understand the implications of the vote. But maybe I should stop the political posts. Edit: And few consider the implications the EU had towards cutting down on intra-Euro wars ( which would end up involving outsiders).

 

[fresh_42]

The naked numbers speak for themselves. One doesn't have to have an opinion or even debate. EU exports to the UK dropped by 20% and UK Exports to the EU by 40% (in the news this morning). And the impact on the huge British financial industry sector hasn't even started to show all its consequences.

It is less a political debate than it is one about mankind in general. Our history has a famous example of collective stupidity. Goebbels held a speech in 1943 in which he culminated with: "Do you want the total war?" and the masses shouted - who wonders - "Yes!" One has to know this if one wants to understand why general polls are not allowed to automatically become law here.

Or as Tommy Lee Jones had put it:

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

 

[WWGD]

The naked numbers speak for themselves. One doesn't have to have an opinion or even debate. EU exports to the UK dropped by 20% and UK Exports to the EU by 40% (in the news this morning). And the impact on the huge British financial industry sector hasn't even started to show all its consequences.

It is less a political debate than it is one about mankind in general. Our history has a famous example of collective stupidity. Goebbels held a speech in 1943 in which he culminated with: "Do you want the total war?" and the masses shouted - who wonders - "Yes!" One has to know this if one wants to understand why general polls are not allowed to automatically become law here.

Or as Tommy Lee Jones had put it:

I suspect there was some issue bitgering Brits, on how it was mainly the SE that was benefitting economically

 

[collinsmark]

Should be a crime to have soggy/noncrispy bacon. It seems to go well with everything. I see vegans hating on me when I eat bacon , because they know what they're missing. But not soggy bacon. Its disgusting. Sounds like rich food, apt for winter.

You probably wouldn't like Irish (style) bacon then. Irish bacon is essentially a thickish slab of soggy, almost gelatinous meat. I'm guessing most American's wouldn't even recognize it as "bacon." [Edit: Also, it's traditionally boiled, rather than fried, if you can imagine that.]

Oh, and don't get me started about the "pudding."

 

[WWGD]

You probably wouldn't like Irish (style) bacon then. Irish bacon is essentially a thickish slab of soggy, almost gelatinous meat. I'm guessing most American's wouldn't even recognize it as "bacon." [Edit: Also, it's traditionally boiled, rather than fried, if you can imagine that.]

Oh, and don't get me started about the "pudding."

Pudding? I am assuming bloody, right? I mean literally. And then there are other variants like Canadian bacon, which I understand it's just ham. Unless I missed something.

 

[Keith_McClary]

Canadian bacon, which I understand it's just ham

Centre cut pork loin.

 

[WWGD]

Centre cut pork loin.

'Centre'? How about 'Defence'? 'Behaviour'? I thought it was a Brit thing.

 

[fresh_42]

This is all bacon. Of course, we have varying names for them ("Speck", "Bauchspeck", "Schinkenspeck", "Speckwürfel"), not just "bacon". If you want to buy the American version, then you have to look for "Bacon":

 

[Keith_McClary]

'Centre'? How about 'Defence'? 'Behaviour'? I thought it was a Brit thing.

https://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/authorsguide/chapter/canadian-spellings/#letterc

 

[fresh_42]

'Centre'? How about 'Defence'? 'Behaviour'? I thought it was a Brit thing.

I guess Canadians are pragmatic people. Why learn two words (French / English) if one alone does the job?

 

[WWGD]

https://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/authorsguide/chapter/canadian-spellings/#letterc

I thought it was just the whole Ehout of the Heuase . But I haven't seen pork loins at Tim Horton's.

 

[WWGD]

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I can imagine myself going catatonic on a bacon-family tour of Germany. What's the emergency phone number, so I can include it on my next trip planning ? Edit: I will keep a card in my pocket for the ems rescue services saying:" Please help. It's probably just bacon poisoning" in German.

 

[fresh_42]

I can imagine myself going catatonic on a bacon-family tour of Germany. What's the emergency phone number, so I can include it on my next trip planning ?

112. But Americans' reaction to German food is usually positive. I haven't met one who didn't like it.

 

[WWGD]

112. But Americans' reaction to German food is usually positive. I haven't met one who didn't like it.

True, but if I eat a kilo of bacon daily it will start poisoning me at some point. Edit: That is what I meant. I intended to go on a bacon-family rampage eating tour of Germany, eating it at every meal.

 

[Keith_McClary]

But Americans' reaction to German food is usually positive.

The warm potato salad was a surprise, but it was loaded with bacon.

 

[WWGD]

How do I get myself out of this exchange:
" How can sets A,B be disjoint if they both contain the empty set?"
It's been going on for a while.

 

[WWGD]

The warm potato salad was a surprise, but it was loaded with bacon.

Do they eat fries too, or is that just a fast food thing? I like the ones with melted cheese and sauteed onions, but don't remember their name. Haven't been to a Rathskellar in a while.

 

[fresh_42]

How do I get myself out of this exchange:
" How can sets A,B be disjoint if they both contain the empty set?"
It's been going on for a while.

"I like to say that (the elements of) the empty set have purple eyes." stressing that any statement about (the elements of) the empty set is automatically true.

 

[WWGD]

"I like to say that (the elements of) the empty set have purple eyes." stressing that any statement about (the elements of) the empty set is automatically true.

I gave up on it when it came down to "It depends on what is is". Now I will just go on to eat something made of potatoes, cheese and bacon , to forget the whole thing.

 

[WWGD]

Fresh,
Now that we're in the topic of food. Do you do much in terms of melted cheese? Its one of my favorites; melted cheese of different sorts. It seems maybe something more from the Americas than a European thing?

 

[WWGD]

Wow, PFs auto correct seems of much better quality than others I have run into.

 

[fresh_42]

Fresh,
Now that we're in the topic of food. Do you do much in terms of melted cheese? Its one of my favorites; melted cheese of different sorts. It seems maybe something more from the Americas than a European thing?

Depends on the food, the region, and personal taste. You can find Cordon Blue on many cards

and I once said: "I eat everything as long as it is gratinated with cheese." Greek food has sheep cheese, and the entire country is full of small pizzerias which have plenty of melted cheese in many variants. I think the biggest difference is, that we have many more individual small restaurants than franchises. You will find a Pizza Hut, but you will probably pass several real Italian pizzerias on your way.

 

[WWGD]

Depends on the food, the region, and personal taste. You can find Cordon Blue on many cardsView attachment 281258

and I once said: "I eat everything as long as it is gratinated with cheese." Greek food has sheep cheese, and the entire country is full of small pizzerias which have plenty of melted cheese in many variants. I think the biggest difference is, that we have many more individual small restaurants than franchises. You will find a Pizza Hut, but you will probably pass several real Italian pizzerias on your way.

How about Das Taco Bell or other Mexican?

 

[fresh_42]

How about Das Taco Bell or other Mexican?

I don't know any, but I checked a small sample. 14 Mexicans in Frankfurt (M), none of which is a Taco Bell. Besides McDonald's and Burger King there are mainly individual restaurants, including more and more burger restaurants where you can get a hamburger that deserves the name. And of course, there is always the Hard Rock Cafe in bigger cities.

 

[Jarvis323]

When I was in high school, there was a German foreign exchange student who would load up his pizza with ketchup and mustard. I've always wondered if this was normal in Germany? . I even tried it to see, and he was right it does a taste ok in the context of concessions stand pizza.

 

[WWGD]

I'd like to go to a fancy place, order a specialty dish and then ask for ketchup. A lot of ketchup. Generic stale joke.

 

[fresh_42]

When I was in high school, there was a German foreign exchange student who would load up his pizza with ketchup and mustard. I've always wondered if this was normal in Germany?

´Definitely not! That sounds awful! And I have never seen it. I hope my favorite Italian would kick out such a customer. 'Tastes good' is not transitive!

 

[WWGD]

When I was in high school, there was a German foreign exchange student who would load up his pizza with ketchup and mustard. I've always wondered if this was normal in Germany? . I even tried it to see, and he was right it does a taste ok in the context of concessions stand pizza.

But the issue of pineapple in pizza is considered to be a religious one, so not allowed in PF.;).

 

[WWGD]

´Definitely not! That sounds awful! And I have never seen it. I hope my favorite Italian would kick out such a customer. 'Tastes good' is not transitive!

Reminds me of an ad that went along: caramel is good, pools are good, but pools filled with caramel are not good. Great ad, except I don't remember the proud t that was being advertised.