mike carey

He can call a longer appointment whatever he likes, if he tells you what his overnights involve before you agree to the appointment, then there is no deception. If you agree to his terms and set the appointment and then later tell him that it wasn't an overnight, that's on you not him. I like over-night meetings, but a 5-6 hour appointment seems too long to me as a regular meeting (unless it involves agreed out-of-the-bedroom activities) and too short as an overnight so I wouldn't accept that version of an overnight. Blue text added to remove potential ambiguity in what I was saying.

I would be most surprised if that were the case. Eleven inches is somewhat more likely.

Which strikes me as odd. It's a clear case where there are easily calculated costs of collecting cash from machines (and processing it) and different clear costs of processing (but not collecting, apart from the EFT technology) credit and debit card payments. I'd be surprised if the cash costs are greater than the card costs, but you never know.

The morning news here commented that a felon can't vote, but a guest pointed out that in some states felons who are not in prison can vote. Two states, totally at random, where they can are Florida and New York. The guest also noted that a felon on probation is required to seek the permission of the probation board to travel out of state.

Opposites attract is true except when it's not. (Not to be trite.) Maybe it's coincidence, maybe shared sexual preference reflects other shared interests. Since this isn't a public advice column (well, Dan Savage may agree), perhaps meeting the urge to top could be fulfilled by a third participant. Or by agreeing that play outside the relationship, hookup or hire, is a possible solution. Hoping, or worse, expecting your top partner to flip sounds like a recipe for disappointment. But I'm not a top so what would I know?

And we had our first win against the Crusaders in 16 years last weekend!

Haha, indeed! It's a hard conversion of 20cm. People round measurements to a whole number (or in this case, perhaps half inch), they wouldn't say 7.87 inches any more than they would 20.3cm. Now, back to the topic, ahem, at hand.

I too know what 8 inches is. I also know what 20cm is and 7.87 inches is just weird. And what they feel like depends as much on their owner as the measurement (within reason). But in most things, Je parle SI. Just don't get me started on kPa.

The end of the Cold War perhaps?

Moderator's Note Let's stick to the topic and avoid any sniping. Two-way shooting ranges are inherently risky. Off-topic comments will be removed.

There are only three, all taken in the same place, and two of them are remarkably similar. When there are as few shots as this RM repeats them across the screen so it looks like there are more similar (or identical) pics than there actually are.

If DHS is posting this warning it's because they have picked up chatter from someone. Unless the warning specified who was involved we don't know whether it was Islamic or right wing (perhaps purportedly Christian) terror groups or some state actor.

He was at the Palm Springs gathering last month, and he is indeed a lovely guy.

David is in New York at the moment.

This is clearly fake. Rugby is the game they play in heaven.

It's been all over the news.

Previous threads on this provider have been merged into this one.

If they travel frequently between Canada and the US this is probably true, but otherwise not so much. If they live their lives in Canada and have no particular use for USD why would they want them? If the CAD is sliding against the USD, of course having USD would be useful but if the rate is constant it benefits them not (unless they quote a dollar figure in CAD and the client pays them that number of USD).

Two comments for situations in comparable rich countries: The default should be pay in the currency of the country you're in, and if he tells you his rate and doesn't specify the currency, assume he means local But ask him, and if he says USD is fine, ask what his rate is in USD, don't assume that your conversion of his stated rate is acceptable (he may not be able to convert at that rate, or he may want more than the going rate to compensate for real or perceived inconvenience - or his bank's fee - for converting the cash)

I'm entirely unsure what the second post has to do with the thread. Is there some other motive for starting a thread ostensibly about a portrait? On the topic at hand, it is the first new portrait of the King, but it depicts him in the uniform of the Welsh Guards, and was commissioned when he was Prince of Wales before his accession to the throne. I quite like it, but it is quite a contrast to this portrait (currently part of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.

And the sun rose in the east this morning.

I think it's drawing a rather long bow to attribute all of these incidents involving Boeing aircraft to the manufacturer. A 767 operated by a freight carrier and an old model 737? I'd say operator error, maintenance practices or a less rigorous aviation regulator are more likely the proximate cause.

Last I read, Pita Taufatofua was planning to be back in Paris, representing Tonga.

Airlines have their ups and downs, and today is one of those days for Qantas. Qantas has agreed to settle a Federal Court action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in which the airline had been alleged to have sold seats on thousand flights of it had already decided to cancel. The airline will set up a fund of $AU20m to recompense about 87,000 affected passengers, about $250 for domestic tickets and $450 international. Qantas has also agreed to pay a civil penalty (aka fine) of $100m. The arrangement is subject to formal approval by the Federal Court, but the payments to passengers will proceed regardless of that outcome. The effect of the ghost flights was far greater in the perception the story evoked than in actuality. For the most part passengers were rebooked without huge inconvenience as they were on relatively busy routes, but on international routes they were often not on the same day. None of that is to minimise the annoyance, anxiety and real inconvenience many suffered. Settling the case is a further (not farther) part of the massive reputational recovery effort that the new CEO has had to undertake after the controversial administration of her predecessor.