"These numbers leave out private donations, which dwarf goverment aid. "
Not quite true
Also fron NYT -
"Land of Penny Pinchers
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
<snip>
Americans give 15 cents per day per person in official development assistance to poor countries. The average American spends...
Soooooooo
Let's see.......
A Military Chief thinks European governments should spend more on the Military.....
And that the Military should be arbitors of Civil Liberties....
Nothing new there then
From "The Times"
Kopi lowak coffee
It costs £420 per kilogram and has a flavour that has proved impossible to imitate.
The prized beans' smooth taste and lack of bitter aftertaste is the result of having been
digested - and then excreted - by civet cats in Sumatra.
Fluorescent lighting has a capacitive effect, but it is small compared to inductive loads. That's why banks of capacitors are sometimes introduced into substations for power factor correction.
Calibrate each to your own preference before being "shown" that the most expensive is the "best"
You think Sony would allow a cheaper model to look better?
OK - English Tea (Hard Way)
1. Boil water (soft water - hard water isn't so good)
2. Pour a little boiled water into teapot
3. Swirl hot water around pot to warm it - empty pot
4. Add 1 teaspoon of tealeaves for each cup to be served, + 1 for the pot
5. Add boiled water
6. Leave to infuse for...
If I remember right, bottled Guiness has live yeast still in it, canned doesn't. Isn't the widget a plastic thing in a can that is supposed to make canned beer pour and taste like draft beer, but doesn't.
Depends.. I know nothing about LCD screens, but if the LCD monitor is plugged into the mains, it'd need to be switchable between 120v@ 60hz. to 230v @50hz.
Also sending as a gift probably won't work to avoid duty, cos the limit is about 50 Euros value for gifts (I'm guessing there is Euro-wide...
Anyone seen it?
I sorta didn't get it at first, thought it was a genuine fly-on-the-wall documentary, but by the end of the first episode I was laughing and cringing in equal measure.
Course you could divorce back then - you just had to be male, have a spare £10,000 or so, and get an Act of Parliament enacted to enable you to ditch your wife. Easy Peasy
Hehehehe
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