mike carey

Funny in wry sort of way, Junkee published a piece on old white men huffing off in 2016 and crying into their wheaties about how difficult life is for them. The examples in the piece are Australian but there's enough about them for you to get the idea and perhaps think of your own parallels. Speaking of assholes, 2016 was yet another year of spectacular Old White Man fails. Spat dummies* littered the year as one Old White Man after another threw all their toys out of their cots*, took their footballs and their mixed metaphors, and flounced into the public spotlight to sook about how mean the world is to Old White Men everywhere. And look, Old White Men have a point. Apart from being represented by at least 70 percent of senior members of the parliament, the judiciary, the media, the arts, the corporate sector, the sporting elite, the entertainment industry, and academia, where can they go to have their voices heard? http://junkee.com/australias-biggest-old-white-man-sooks-2016/91648 *dummies = pacifiers; cots = cribs; 18C (in the linked article) is a controversial section of the Racial Discrimination Act that old white men (amongst others) claim inhibits their right to insult and offend people on the basis of their race.

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Sorry, yes, that's what I was talking about.

Low 30s here [°C], seems that's about the same as it is in Punta! Clouding over a bit right now, though.

Not funny in itself, but this deserves to be in a humour thread. Vale Andrew Sachs, best known as Manuel (from Barcelona), who died on 23 November. Born in 1930 in Berlin, his family fled to the UK in 1938. He had an extensive career on radio, TV and the stage. He had suffered from dementia for the last four years. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Melody Long.

It's all an elaborate ploy to determine whether one is U or non-U.

The first half is my point exactly. I'm sufficiently old school that there are times when I think it appropriate to wear a jacket.

One of the reasons for dressing up when you fly is so you don't need to fit those items in your luggage. My heavy overcoat in Canberra and Sydney last January (42°C) looked distinctly out of place, on arrival in DC, not so much. The flight attendant on the flight from Sydney commented on my coat and tie. (I know, I'm old.)

I've heard something similar, but I don't recall to whom it was attributed. It may well have been Samuel Clemens.

... And 'Marjoribanks' is pronounced 'Marchbanks'.

I don't have a tablet, but I had noticed my Samsung phone does that for puntuation marks you could hold dowm the full stop key. Quick test of one letter and doing it brings up variations on that letter, so not just Ap**e.

It's a bit of a stretch to call Filippinos Pacific Islanders or Polynesian, but they are distinct from most mainland South East Asians. There are racial, cultural and linguistic links between Filippinos, Indonesians, Polynesians and Malagasy people (Indonesian and Samoan numbers are broadly the same). Then again, Polynesians aren't the only Pacific Island people, Melanesians and Micronesians are different again. But the broad sweep of Polynesians from Aotearoa to Rapanui to Hawaii is amazing.

I'd say it's another string to your bow. If you're happy with your business as it is you may well question the benefits of participating here. My take on it is that this is a community of well informed people, many of whom hire and who use what they read here to inform their hiring decisions. I don't hire often but my list of potential hires comes from here. There are some who have Fixed Ideas About How Hiring Should Work but most of us don't. You've explained how you run your business, and that it's working for you right now, so that should be the end of the discussion. Just don't sweat any negativity about your business model, there'll be plenty of other people who will understand and be happy to chat and get to know you.

Ok, I've never met Vin. I note the comments others have made. I respect his sadness that people have made comments that are hurtful, and he has a right to feel hurt. I certainly would if I faced similar comments. That said, I have chatted with Vin in the main forums here, and (as I recall) in PM as well. I have said things that are far more familiar than should happen between total strangers in a forum such as this. When I did, he was a total gentleman, he responded with grace and humour, and was open. I don't know if we could have met but that is beside the point. He is sweet and considerate, and that is the image of him that I will retain, unless of course I can meet him and update that image!

Weather announcer 'tells it like it is': http://newsthump.com/2016/01/16/no-sanction-for-bbcs-carol-kirkwood-over-cold-as-fck-weather-forecast/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork