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  I like you more if you are literratte

  by usualusername in

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  as a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .

  if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .

  if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .

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  Jgnant. yes the two dollar coin would be fun to watch people try to use.

  Besty. The point with the wheat was to show how much more significant the US is in the world markets. Yes, you only import about 15 percent of your wheat from America. I guess the better way of saying it is the whole EU produces about 5 percent of the worlds wheat production were as the US produces about 30 percent. Also, I apolgize for assuming California had more people than England, but one of our 50 states almost matches your whole countries GPD and California does it with about half the people. My whole point is in the past the British Empire was a world leader and could dictate cultural commands of language. Not anymore. As with any living language, there will be changes and differences associated with cultures and locations. No need in trying to say,"I'm right your wrong" just know that everyone has his or her own way.
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  I like you more if you are literratte

  by usualusername in

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  as a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .

  if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .

  if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .

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  Speaking of dollars...... I love the American 2 dollar bill. I always have. You can still get them at banks and I love the way it confuses cashiers. They look at the drawers they have for 1,5,10,20,50, and 100 dollar bills and there is nowhere to put the two dollar bills. It cracks me up every time. And yes, it does not take much to amuse me.
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  I like you more if you are literratte

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .

  if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .

  if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .

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  Jgnat. I agree it would be nice if we all used the metric system. It will never happen. Look at the way we build our stick frame houses in The States. Studs and rafters are placed on 12inch and 16inch centers. Plywood and sheet rock are sold as 4 foot sheets. Under the Clinton Administration a study was conducted to try to change over and the cost was counter intuitive. Imagine the cost of changing every interstate sign in America. The UK road system has about 2000 miles total while the US has about 150,000 miles of highways and another 50,000 miles of interstates. It would cost way to much in these tough economic times. I don't have a mental construct of what 20 cm is however I could probably draw one foot out to a half an inch of accuracy. I would love to see the change, but I am so comfortable with the standard system.
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  I like you more if you are literratte

  by usualusername in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a daily visitor of this site i am shocked by how judgemental i am.. .

  if someone makes a valid point but does not spell well it colours my judgement.. .

  if someone who is a clown has excellent grammar i give them leeway.. as an aside i am a gramaphobe.. .

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  Defianttruth

  A few points..

  1. Intelligence comes in different shapes and sizes. I can write the integral and answer it for the velocity required to throw the tablet I'm writing on into a specified orbit. I have to use spell check constantly. Some times, I confuse the spelling of who and how. Just because an individual has trouble spelling, it does not make his or her point invalid. It only means he or she has trouble spelling. It is not a sign of intelligence.

  2. As far as the British vs American colour vs color, I think we as a nation have earned the right to spell our words the way we want to. After all, we have individual states with larger land masses, population, and GDP than all of Britian. Btw. The next time,you eat an English muffin remember the wheat in your muffin probably has a little "flavour" of Nebraska in it.
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  Diners Drive Ins and Dives challenge.

  by Defianttruth in

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  i'm a huge fan of this show.

  i've decided the family and i are going to take road trips to visit different places highlighted in the show.

  i've been to 3 so far.

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  http://www.flavortownusa.com/
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  Diners Drive Ins and Dives challenge.

  by Defianttruth in

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  i'm a huge fan of this show.

  i've decided the family and i are going to take road trips to visit different places highlighted in the show.

  i've been to 3 so far.

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  I'm a huge fan of this show. I've decided the family and I are going to take road trips to visit different places highlighted in the show. I've been to 3 so far. Anybody else been to one?
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  Faders shunned now?

  by Sammy Jenkis in

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  hi all so my family had their c.a.

  last weekend and my mother dropped this one on me, she'll now be treating me as a df'd person per info she received from a talk at the assembly.

  apparently a fader should be treated as "bad association" given the fact they up and left the holy "truth" to splash around in vomit.. .

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  Ask her why she is not following Watchtower directives to reach out to ones who are faders. Then have her read this.

  http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/
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  I need a change.

  by Defianttruth in

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  i am thinking of renting a house in europe from nov 2013 to feb 2014. any suggestions?

  i am leaning to the south of france.

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  I am thinking of renting a house in Europe from Nov 2013 to Feb 2014. Any suggestions? I am leaning to the south of France.
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  Internship

  by Defianttruth in

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  i hired three summer interns this year.

  all three are senior level engineering students from my alma mater.

  i had one working on a project with me and i asked him to replace a bolt on a machine we are building.

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  BTB don't let it get you down.

  Most positions like this are filled before the position is posted. In my case, one of my friends who is a department head picks them out for me. My company is small and my interns are treated like glorified shop hands and go-fors. You could make more working the summer at Burger King. As far as the girl getting the job never let that worry you. Engineering is a field ran by men so the girls are always treated with preferentially. If she's hot it makes it even worse.

  I do have a rule about personal contact with jwn people, but I forget what discipline are you studying?
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  Internship

  by Defianttruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hired three summer interns this year.

  all three are senior level engineering students from my alma mater.

  i had one working on a project with me and i asked him to replace a bolt on a machine we are building.

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  Defianttruth

  I hired three summer interns this year. All three are senior level engineering students from my alma mater. I had one working on a project with me and I asked him to replace a bolt on a machine we are building. He came back with a bolt that was too big. Then, he came back with one that was too little. I told him to get the right one. He would find it in the fastenal box in our consumables room. After, an eternity he came back and said, " I found a 9/16thsand it was too big. I tried a 7/16ths and it was too little and there is no 8/16ths in the box". I was laughing and pissed at the same time.

  He made me think of the witnesses I was raised around. I don't know why, but he did and I was instantly pissed at him and can't wait for him to go back to school. I guess it's because I wish my family could look at the problem in front them and solve it. It really is that simple.