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problem is, even if you speak mandarin, and Chinese government grant you passport + free tickets to/from China/home every few months - still you won't go as you can't get paid like a decent human being - Asian firm's golden formula is still "Cheap Labor" (Guess the only exception there is Japan but they have been stuck in sh*t for most part last two decades)
dev
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What about in reverse scenario? UK govt calling Chinese people...Free trade means two way movement?
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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yes, two way movement.
developed countries <-- Cheap goods <-- China/India
developed countries --> Jobs --> China/India
But I don't think it concerns us - my open source friends tells me Open Source will win/dominate the world and eventually software will all be free and I will eventually become BBQ vendor beach some place sunny selling roast chicken and beer. Future is bright.
dev
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My other trade is that I cook resonably well, now I should sharpen that skill: just in case
cheers,
Super
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skill don't sell in the new economy - you need tact.
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EG? That's me!
Searching Dante's Inferno for the words "Guelph" and "Ghibellin" turns up a 1:2 ratio, both found in Paradiso; I'd have to conclude that labor is only 33 percent part of any mentioning.
Adhere to the bon mot "What was true yesterday will likely be true tomorrow" and go about being industrious and everythiing'll be hunkydory.
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"Jam sandwich is the winner and one snake departed dance."(8,6)
A bit late, sorry.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Tectonic plates?
sandwich - dance - departed...
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No, but nice try.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Victoria Sponge?
Winner - Victor
one - I
snake - asp
not sure about the 'onge' bit (edit: anagram of gone)
Victoria Sponge has jam in the middle hence sandwich.
Andy B
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I see you got it quite easily...[Awaiting your punchline]
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It was a piece of cake...
Thanks for the bullets...
Andy B
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Last one till December 9th!
There are three kinds of people in the world... the rich... the poor... and everyone in between.
Which movie?
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The Thoughts of Chairperson Paris
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Carry on... Don't Loose Your Head
speramus in juniperus
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: A Game Of Tiles"
double hint
(yes|no|maybe)*
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A rehash of the good old Rich Man, Poor man[^] called Rich Man, Poor Man and In-between Man???
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience Greg King ----- I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Paris : The red district years
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Ah, that brings back memories from back when I used to live in Paris (France, that is! Not Hilton!)
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience Greg King ----- I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Can I get 28 small oblong guesses for this one please...
I will have the answer from 0 - 6 pips for each half guess I make. I will work with a strategy of elimination, all the wrong answers will fall over one by one like it is in a row.
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Sounds like you're hinting at "Dominatrix"???
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience Greg King ----- I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Obamacare - The New Era of Healthcare
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Just watched Curtain: Poirot's Last Case.
Forceful performance and very sad.
25 years and the era is over.
No-one else could play him again in my lifetime.
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Atcherley, the last ever Poirot story was "Elephants Can Remember", in 1972. "Curtain" was written during WW2.
All this is is the last of one of the (presumably endless) re-interpretation TV series.
Someone else will be playing him in a couple of years (because, God knows, no-one in the TV biz can write original work, any more), and that will be the definitive rendition (until that ends and another definitive rendition comes along).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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1. Stop calling him Atcherley. (Sorry about that non-allCaps shout.)
2. I agree.
3. The next definitive rendition will have the style of the day, but won't necessarily be better and usually it is worse.
4. I am especially appreciative of the "Elephants Can Remember" title. It is similar to my next TV drama which is titled "Sunshine's don't forget".
5. I have a few friends who are crazy about Poirot. Personally, I just can't trust a man, or a woman, who has a moustache like that, or indeed hair like that.
6. The stories are good.
Why a bread knife?
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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