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« Reply #90 on: March 17, 2006, 09:43:48 AM »

TPunk, if you need a paper on Urban Economics as a Theme in Broadway Musicals, I can probably dig it out; it got me an A in my graduate-level Urban Economics class.  :)  
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« Reply #91 on: March 17, 2006, 09:46:11 AM »

BOLLYBROOK - that's the title of the Bollywood musical based on QUIET MAN
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« Reply #92 on: March 17, 2006, 09:53:52 AM »

I got my driver's licence renewal (payment) form today. In it there is a link to a driver's test. I thought I would try this and got the first two wrong. :(

I thought others might like to test themselves.

http://www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca/saaqclic/en/public/driving_knowledge/quiz.html

Btw, the first question had to do with the yellow school sign. Although I said it was for a school and the correct answer was for a school/and or crosswalk.

And the second said if a car to the left of you is trying to pass you, should you speed up, stay same speed or slow down a bit.  Now I would slow down. But I thought the correct answer would probably be to stay the same. BUt it wasn't! :(
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« Reply #93 on: March 17, 2006, 09:57:46 AM »

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I'll say, a strange man is a marvel, with his mighty talk; but what's
a squabble in your back-yard, and the blow of a loy, have taught me that
there's a great gap between a gallous story and a dirty deed.

When I was in high school, a few of us went to the local "art theatre" (= foreign films) in Denver to see Peter Sellers in Heavens Above.

When we got there, we found that they had a sneak preview of The Playboy of the Western World with Siobhan McKenna before the Peter Sellers.  

My friends found it boring.  As for me, after the first half hour it took before I could understand a word of the dialogue (real Irish dialect, as opposed to movie dialect), I thought it was a lovely film, a lovely film.

So in college I checked out a recording from the library of Siobhan doing the play, and I taped it on my old Wollensack.  Ah, for recordings of plays!  I used to drift to sleep listening to them.

So I can hear Siobhan McKenna's voice clear as day:

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Oh my grief,
I've lost him surely.  I've lost the only Playboy of the Western World.

Quotes thanks to Project Gutenberg, a wonderful resource for those of you who have not discovered it.  All of classical literature at your fingertips.
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« Reply #94 on: March 17, 2006, 10:01:20 AM »

Okay here is my favorite question so far:

Q: If you come across a driver who behaves selfishly or aggressively you must:

A. Show him you do not appreciate his behavior by  hooting the horn.

B.  attempt to drive up to the other vehicle to have a few words with the driver.

C.  stay calm and in control of the vehicle at all times.
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« Reply #95 on: March 17, 2006, 10:02:16 AM »

TPunk:

Would you like a somewhat dry paper on how to calculate compound interest and annuities?  I mean, it's not something Nancy Sinatra could do any which way.

And now off to class to give a somewhat dry lecture on how to calculate compound interest and annuities.
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« Reply #96 on: March 17, 2006, 10:02:51 AM »

D. Smash his headlights.
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« Reply #97 on: March 17, 2006, 10:09:00 AM »

BOLLY UP TO THE BAR, BOYS - that's the great St. Paddy's Day number from The Unsinkable Bolly Brown that's been running through my head
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« Reply #98 on: March 17, 2006, 10:14:59 AM »

D. Smash his headlights.

When in doubt, I always go with:

E.  All of the above.   :D
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« Reply #99 on: March 17, 2006, 10:17:14 AM »

Okay here is my favorite question so far:

Q: If you come across a driver who behaves selfishly or aggressively you must:

A. Show him you do not appreciate his behavior by  hooting the horn.

B.  attempt to drive up to the other vehicle to have a few words with the driver.

C.  stay calm and in control of the vehicle at all times.

It's B, right?
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« Reply #100 on: March 17, 2006, 10:19:50 AM »

So far, my TPunk paper's topics are the uses of vegetables as fine art, hamburgers through the ages, and Fairy Dust: Real or Imagined?

She's sure to get an A!!
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« Reply #101 on: March 17, 2006, 10:21:57 AM »

I like the Fairy Dust: Real or Imagined.  That would be my choice.
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« Reply #102 on: March 17, 2006, 10:24:32 AM »

BOLLY UP TO THE BAR, BOYS - that's the great St. Paddy's Day number from The Unsinkable Bolly Brown that's been running through my head

Then there's that Rodgers and Hart number about the wee people in Delhi, "There's A Small Patel".
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« Reply #103 on: March 17, 2006, 10:24:51 AM »

It's B, right?

We had a bus driver that did just that.  Some guy cut her off so she got right up beside him on the interstate, opened her door and let him have it right there on the spot!  Everyone on the bus cringed.

Next day, we had a new driver.

HARTLINE:  It's not just a bus ride.  It's an adventure!   ;D
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« Reply #104 on: March 17, 2006, 10:25:44 AM »

Not for the faint of heart either!
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« Reply #105 on: March 17, 2006, 10:26:45 AM »

F: Fearlessly tailgate and drive the other driver nuts.
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« Reply #106 on: March 17, 2006, 10:29:05 AM »

Okay here is my favorite question so far:

Q: If you come across a driver who behaves selfishly or aggressively you must:

A. Show him you do not appreciate his behavior by  hooting the horn.

B.  attempt to drive up to the other vehicle to have a few words with the driver.

C.  stay calm and in control of the vehicle at all times.


Obviously not a New York DMV Test

the choices here would be


A. Sound the horn in one long continous blast lasting several minutes

B. Drive within inches of his rear bumper, if after dark, turn on your "brights"

C. Lean out your window waving your middle finger

D. Pass him, cut into his lane and stomp on your brakes

E. Shoot him
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« Reply #107 on: March 17, 2006, 10:38:14 AM »

I have to admit that when I visted the City, I never heard so many horns in my life.

My Dad would have said, "The horn works.  Try your lights!"
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« Reply #108 on: March 17, 2006, 10:38:32 AM »

I got a 95  out of 100 on the 20 question test
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« Reply #109 on: March 17, 2006, 10:42:04 AM »

Obviously not a New York DMV Test

the choices here would be


A. Sound the horn in one long continous blast lasting several minutes

B. Drive within inches of his rear bumper, if after dark, turn on your "brights"

C. Lean out your window waving your middle finger

D. Pass him, cut into his lane and stomp on your brakes

E. Shoot him

F.  Then feed him to the wood chipper!
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« Reply #110 on: March 17, 2006, 10:45:57 AM »

I got a 95  out of 100 on the 20 question test

I tried the 50-question test...did great until it came to the question about what a bus must do when approaching a level crossing (i.e. a railroad crossing that is level).

It said nothing about a barrier being down or a train coming, so I best-guessed that the bus should slow down and proceed cautiously.

Nope.  The bus, by law, must STOP.  No matter what...it must STOP.  

Don't know if cars must stop, too....so, there's probably a lot of buses that really do just slow down and proceed with caution, 'cause you know other drivers are gonna flip out when a bus stops at a railroad crossing when there's no train coming and no barriers down.

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Anyway...
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« Reply #111 on: March 17, 2006, 10:47:29 AM »

I sense that lunchtime is drawing near....not nearly near enough...but near.
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« Reply #112 on: March 17, 2006, 10:48:36 AM »

In an effort to win the sparkling prize dangled by own esteemed Haines Weight Watcher leader my meals to day have been:

1.  Cup of Special K Red Berries cereal with skim milk

2.  Lean Cusine  chicken portabello frozen dinner, which is advertised as :"chicken tenderloins in a portabello mushroom sauce, a rice and vegeatble medley, with a chocolate cherry dessert."    Unfortunately the entire meal appears capable of fitting into a thimble


I have valiantly avoided the cupcakes, bagels and soda bread in the office kitchen.  Of course I do find it easier to avoid food when it is green.


Whoever thought dying bagels green for St Pat's Day was a good idea?
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« Reply #113 on: March 17, 2006, 10:49:07 AM »

F: Fearlessly tailgate and drive the other driver nuts.

Ahhh, a man after my own heart.  (Type A, S. Woody?).
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« Reply #114 on: March 17, 2006, 10:50:52 AM »

I got 85% (missed 3 questions) out of the 20 questions because two of them confused me with the wording.
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« Reply #115 on: March 17, 2006, 10:51:07 AM »

I have just done some housekeeping and my inbox is spic and span
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« Reply #116 on: March 17, 2006, 10:52:38 AM »

I got 85% (missed 3 questions) out of the 20 questions because two of them confused me with the wording.

the one I got wrong was about whether the car was in the right position for a right turn, the trick was that it was in a dedicated bus lane which you would only know if you were familiar with the road markings.
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« Reply #117 on: March 17, 2006, 10:53:32 AM »

George! I got the sheet music yesterday. Thanks so much, boychik. How very nice of you!!!

My pleasure!  I hope it's what you wanted!
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« Reply #118 on: March 17, 2006, 10:53:53 AM »

Just got a chuckle out of watching Bear.  Someone walked down our sidewalk--by the time he got to his feet to look impressive as he woofed at them, they were 2 houses down!

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« Reply #119 on: March 17, 2006, 10:54:24 AM »

A ladder has just beenlowered from the roof and now two men are climbing down

now they are looking in the window


I never saw them go up and I've been here since 8:30 AM  


Do you suppose they were still up there since yesterday afternoon?
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