I teach English as a foreign language, mainly in companies but also a few times a week in language school classrooms.
Jump to postI teach English as a Second Language, mostly in-company courses, but today I started a French beginners' public course.
Jump to postMaybe I’m from the wrong generation but isn’t this whole notion that the fabric of your pants or whether or not your shirt is tucked in looks better or worse kind of silly? I entirely agree. That's why I'm asking the question, to see if practices are evolving in a direction away from this prejudice...
Jump to postWe live in an age when many workplaces that in the past would have required employees to dress up either have no dress code at all or at any rate allow the wearing of jeans and generally casual clothes. However, it is still common even in such places for people to be expected to (or to expect themse...
Jump to postI like it. The wavy line gives it a feeling of movement.
Jump to postI don't have any sympathy for the murderer either. But I do have sympathy for their family. No matter what they did that person is still someone's child, brother, or sister. The body should be returned to them in a presentable state. Would you seriously take pleasure in handing over a charred body ...
Jump to postNo I don't want it to be comfortable. You think Ted Bundy's victims were smiling and comfortable when they died? I am sick of coddling people that hurt and kill others. You do the crime you accept the consequences. I understand what they did is horrible but we should not be going down to their leve...
Jump to postI find it a little disappointing. Basically, they took a somewhat modified version of the logo that was used from the 1960s to the 1990s (which I liked) and put it on a tail of a color similar to that which was phased in starting in 1993 (which I also liked, if nothing else due to the realistic-look...
Jump to postThe 720 appears to be a slightly wider version of the original B-717 (becoming a 6-across cabin vs. 5-across). The following is exerpted from Boeing Frontiers, July 2006: The Dash 80 led to two airplanes: The 707, the world’s first successful commercial jet; and the Model 717, the world’s first pro...
Jump to postI have always been fascinated by the smaller models of the 707, including the second smallest, the 720. I have tried to figure out just how different it was from the rest of the 707/720 series but the information I've found on it is somewhat conflicting. Some sources seem to suggest that it was litt...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/luckyone" class="quote" target="_blank">luckyone</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>I don't celebrate death because und...
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Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Toni_" class="quote" target="_blank">Toni_</a> (<a href="#64" class="quote">Reply 64</a>):<br/><i>I was watching an episode of Countdown last ni...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KiwiRob" class="quote" target="_blank">KiwiRob</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i>From you description Kristin Kreuk would a...
Jump to postI made Penne All' Arrabiata today with the help of one of the friends I recently made onion soup with. I improvised rather than follow a strict recipe. This is what we did. We boiled the penne, stirring and we used store-bought Arabbiata sauce, but added one chopped onion and half a chopped chilli p...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PlanesNTrains" class="quote" target="_blank">PlanesNTrains</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i> Quoting duke (Reply 22): This...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PlanesNTrains" class="quote" target="_blank">PlanesNTrains</a> (<a href="#21" class="quote">Reply 21</a>):<br/><i> Question: With the onions, wh...
Jump to postYou did say PERFECT, so my description will be thorough. She would either be medium height and with an athletic build, or petite and slightly chubby, and would have fine round boobs. More importantly, she would have nice, shapely legs with some muscle tone. Her features would be regular, her lips wo...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PlanesNTrains" class="quote" target="_blank">PlanesNTrains</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>Quoting duke (Reply 18): My be...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/seb146" class="quote" target="_blank">seb146</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i> The point is: just because it is not what you...
Jump to postWow, guys, such savory-sounding recipes! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Airdolomiti" class="quote" target="_blank">Airdolomiti</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i> A horse walks into a bar. ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LAX772LR" class="quote" target="_blank">LAX772LR</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Here ya go, carrots front¢er. </i>...
Jump to postAnother question about the authenticity of recipes - pasta sauce this time. Back in the 1990s, I saw a very nicely made commercial for Classico spaghetti sauce, which features variations on traditional tomato sauce with different ingredients (mushrooms, cheese, meat, different spices), supposedly ac...
Jump to postThis is a question for cooking buffs. My favorite soup is French onion soup as I know it from North American restaurants - a rather complex recipe involving onions fried to caramelization and simmered in stock, after which the soup is poured into a ceramic bowl over big croutons, and oodles of chees...
Jump to postThis is good news, I just wish they would do away with this notion of "registered partnership" and just let gay couples get married like everyone else. The decision in Slovenia the other day was a disappointment.
Jump to postToronto Maple Leafs. When was the last time they were even close to winning the Stanley Cup?
'Nuff said.
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/kiwirob" class="quote" target="_blank">kiwirob</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>I honestly don't see your point, my given na...
Jump to postFor me, the leader would have to be "Happy Birthday", though I was moved when someone recently sent me a video through Facebook that had Minions singing it. A close second are "Here Comes the Bride" and "The Wedding March". SO many people have this played at their wedding, to the point of creating a...
Jump to postHow well do you think your given name has served you in your life? Did you encounter any difficulties with it worth mentioning at any point or has it worked well for you. If there have been any issues with your name, do you find any grounds to resent or criticize your parents' decision to give it to...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/VapourTrails" class="quote" target="_blank">VapourTrails</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><table b...
Jump to postThe time I recall when I most laughed in my life was when I was about 21. I was still religious at the time and was a member of an Orthodox Christian newsgroup. Someone, eager to show how Judaism is supposedly hostile to Christianity, once posted supposed anti-Christian quotes from the Talmud. One w...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PhilBy" class="quote" target="_blank">PhilBy</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Pigtails are certainly not called bunches in...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Braybuddy" class="quote" target="_blank">Braybuddy</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>No need to be so offended, it was only a...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Braybuddy" class="quote" target="_blank">Braybuddy</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Hmmmmmmmmmmm . . . there wouldn't be a l...
Jump to postPigtails (called "bunches" in the UK) are very rarely seen on grown women. So here's a little question: how would you like it if more women started wearing them? I'll immediately say for myself that I think that would be awesome and that it's too bad that lots of people write them off as childish. O...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Braybuddy" class="quote" target="_blank">Braybuddy</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Zero back and sides, with the top trim...
Jump to postWhat are your motivations for wearing your hair and (if applicable) facial hair the way you do - and how do you wear it at present? I have been a "longhair" for most of my adult life and it's something I'm very committed to. My hair is somewhat past chin-length and cut one length (I trim it myself) ...
Jump to postThis is not a pleasant thing to contemplate, but for a fairly long time, I have been considering ending a friendship. It's someone I met years ago when I first moved to Prague and I used to consider him something like my third-best friend. However, since I came back to Prague over 3 years ago, I hav...
Jump to postI'm a geek for nostalgia from my childhood. Yes, I remember it, though I only watched the show maybe once when I was like 6. I never had them, but wanted the lions as a kid. What I got into seriously soon after, though, was Transformers. When I started collecting them (when I was almost 8), I imagin...
Jump to postIf it was not by force but a voluntary union, I like the idea of Washington, Oregon, Maine and Vermont becoming Canadian provinces. I also like the idea of Cuba mentioned above.
Jump to postThere is no such thing as the greatest country in the world. I think my country, Canada, is a great country (by my standards, I don't expect anyone else, not even another Canadian, to automatically agree with me), but there may be some things which other countries are doing better, and likewise thin...
Jump to postIf I had a billion dollars for the sole purpose of giving it away, as a children and youth rights activist, I would use a great deal of it to found an <acronym title="Nagoya - Chubu Centrair International (NGO / RJGG), Japan">NGO</acronym> that lobbies for more legal rights for children and young pe...
Jump to postJust curious: the Mercury-Redstone rocket was derived from the Redstone missile. Was it built as a new vehicle or were Redstone missiles or their major components recycled to build the space rocket?
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ANITIX87" class="quote" target="_blank">ANITIX87</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>I think we just perceive that people are g...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/KC135Hydraulics" class="quote" target="_blank">KC135Hydraulics</a> (<a href="#10" class="quote">Reply 10</a>):<br/><i>Send me the petition, I'll...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ImperialEagle" class="quote" target="_blank">ImperialEagle</a> (<a href="#29" class="quote">Reply 29</a>):<br/><i>I've had people tell me the de...
Jump to postIn the Czech Republic, it has been commemorated as a "significant day" since sometime after the fall of Communism (don't know if it was celebrated in pre-Communist Czechoslovakia) and is referred to as the "Day of War Veterans". For the second year in a row, I have participated in a ceremony in the ...
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