I personally don’t know much about how the Portuguese, Hungarians, Romanians, Bulgarians, and others are perceived, or how they perceive others, but if you have something to add, please do so in the comments below.I’ll leave you with this poster I saw in an Italian office years ago...
“If there were no shopping carts, nothing to roll our children and our Campbell’s soup around the store in, what would become of us?” Kuralt asked viewers in his 1977 interview with Goldman. “There might never have been a supermarket. There might never have been a giant economy-sized...
I have not seen “The Greatest Showman” (A mostly fictional movie based on the life and times of P.T. Barnum), but Hugh Jackman looks as much like P.T. Barnum as I look like Marty Feldman. Not sure if they were mentioned in the ...
Last time I wrote about my favourite things of 2024, concentrating mainly on what I’d heard, read and seen. Unbelievably, a week into the new year, I think I’ve already seen my favourite things of 2025. If I’m wrong, I’m going to be in for a treat this year. If I’m righ...
He joined his family, which by then had settled in Tampa. For a time he was active in the citrus business at Florence Villa, but this was a short-lived interest. Then, affiliating himself with his father’s realty firm, he began to participate in the development of the Suburb Beautiful....
Joined: 7/4/2012Posts: 8,754Neurons: 40,005 Does anyone know what I should take to improve my memory? I have tried Ginkyo, but it does not seem to work. The interesting part is that I often forget to take the tablets. If they are effective, I should be able to remember to take...
Figure 1:Current position on cutting global emissions to “safe” levels Obviously the world is going to have to reverse course in a hurry if it is to have any chance of keeping warming below the 2C danger threshold. What are the chances that it can? Let’s look at which countries the...
If you live in Ireland and have never encountered or heard about people practising the art, it is not a surprise. The resurgence of interest in the practice is relatively new and only a handful of people have kept their art alive (one that I am personally aware of) along with a certain...