posted August 17, 2010 06:30 PM            

The lead was grinning from ear to ear - said it's the kind of gig he dreamed of playing when he was a kid. The acoustics are brilliant in our concert hall. Now, you may say that he says that to all the girls, but regardless it was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eXsBj9BCdM

Another of my fave's is 'Posh Girls' but can't find a decent link for that.

posted August 18, 2010 01:25 PM            

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The purpose of having the ethnicity/race question is to ensure banks aren't discriminating against racial or ethnic groups.

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I can't think of a single reason (other than discrimination) as to why the forms have only two options like that.

posted August 18, 2010 03:08 PM            

About Sail 2010: SAIL Amsterdam is the largest event in the Netherlands which is free to the public. In 2005 the event drew 1.8 million visitors, who gave SAIL Amsterdam 2005 high marks. SAIL Amsterdam 2010 will take place from Thursday 19 August to Monday 23 August 2010 on and around the IJ river.
SAIL's main attraction will be the impressive fleet of Tall Ships, sailing heritage craft, modern ships, naval ships and replicas. In addition to this, every day there will be a varying programme of all kinds of cultural and sports activities. The theme of SAIL 2010 is ‘a nautical encounter between the past, present and future’.
The idea behind SAIL Amsterdam originated during preparations for the celebration of Amsterdam's 700 years of existence in 1975. After the huge success of SAIL Amsterdam 700, organisers decided to hold another SAIL Amsterdam in 1980. In order to effectively manage the organisation, the permanent SAIL Amsterdam Foundation (SSA) was established in 1977. Since then, the SSA has successfully organised SAIL Amsterdam in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 and is now focussing on the 8th edition of the event.

posted August 20, 2010 01:49 AM            

It was alright. I was assigned to a ship whose home port was Concord, California. That's about 30 miles North of where I currently live. I was assigned to the same ship the entire time I was in.

I really enjoyed the traveling. Places we went:

Canada - Victoria
Mexico - Cabo San Lucas
Australia - Melbourne, Darwin, Perth
Japan - I forget the names
Hong Kong right before it was turned back over to China
Thailand -Phuket, Pattaya Beach
South Korea
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia - I think

That's all the places I can remember. I didn't list Guam, but we were only there for a night anyway.

The military takes care of you fairly well (with the exception of war), which is a welcome security for some, but I thought life would be more challenging as a civilian, so I got out without considering staying. I saw that some people clearly didn't mature properly, and I wasn't anxious to join their ranks.

I never did see any combat or anything. I did come close to serious injury in Guam. We were loading missiles onto our ship. My ship was an ammunition supply ship. I was on the pier for this activity. The crane had a special carriage that attached to the missile. It came down over the top, and you pushed some metal rods in to secure it. Then, as it was being hoisted, we'd keep it steady using ropes that were attached to this carriage. The empty carriage was coming back down, and I stepped forward to grab the rope as it came back down. I was looking up at it, and it seemed like the carriage was moving a bit fast, so I stepped back, and it bounced on the ground in front of me. The carriage had completely detached from the crane. If it had fallen on me it could have been pretty bad. Lots of people reported to me that they saw it happen, but couldn't yell fast enough to alert me. I really thought nothing of it. I saw it coming down, and got out of the way. No big deal really.

posted August 20, 2010 09:51 AM            

Here at the office, we've got sometimes officetalk. Quotes we often use. Our Australian collegue introduced the term Good on you. The Australian way you pronounce it is ‘good on ya’. Today we've had a discussion what this expression actually means.
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080407204628AABNya7

posted August 20, 2010 02:24 PM            

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w437ZnkvsE4

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfpAeuvkEI

posted August 22, 2010 10:56 AM            

Eskimono beautiful pics. I didn't go sailing, I just went on a boat through the canals of Amsterdam. I knew that we were not going sailing. It was a bith of a dissapointment. The price I've paid for it was to high.So I expected to get somenthing back for that high price. What kind of things i could have done for that money....

posted August 22, 2010 05:13 PM            

I had a very cheap weekend - made the most of natures assets.

I cleaned my decking today and had my hair tied up. My neck wasn't used to the sun and is now burnt!