air conditioning may be making us fat
in [Europe]
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From: Dave Frightens Me on 14 Jul 2006 04:47 On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:11:47 GMT, carolea7(a)comcast.net (Carole Allen) wrote: >On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:50:59 +0200, Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > >>Language teaching in UK is renowned for it's poor quality. >>-- >> >>Martin >> >"its" not "it's" :o) That was good! -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy on 14 Jul 2006 04:47 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Carole Allen writes: > > > What a load of c... p. When you aren't at McD's, or walking in Paris > > (which of course you don't do on the "hot" days), or teaching English > > to a group of students (adults, not children? - the same students, > > they don't take just one lesson from you?), you are sitting in your > > AC'd little apt, flying flight simulator, or checking your watch to > > the nanosecond, or messing with your computers. You don't go to > > libraries, or to the theater, or to sporting events, or to bars, etc., > > etc., or any other sort of place where large crowds gather (except > > perhaps the subway). You probably live a more isolated life than > > 99.9% of rte's posters. > > Not from the standpoint of disease exposure. Ninety minutes in a > small room with someone who sneezes continually is a virtual guarantee > of infection. No it's not. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy on 14 Jul 2006 04:49 Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote: [] > He said something like "an hotel" a few days back. No mother tonuge > speaker would make that mistake! Are you being ironic? Plenty English speakers say that. Rare in the UK mind you. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: Dave Frightens Me on 14 Jul 2006 04:51 On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:18:11 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> No. Money makes a small difference. Healthy living makes a big >> difference. > >Try it and see. Remember, don't spend any money on health. I have done it for years and rarely get sick. QED. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 14 Jul 2006 04:55
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:20:07 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> I don't think alcohol is good for chronic shyness ... > >In many cases, alcohol + chronic shyness => alcoholism. Why don't you take some medication for your shyness? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |