RE: cortes in some hot soup!

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Arash

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From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Stu)

I remember that i read somewhere that this is really true.
everybody used to walk on the left side few hundred years ago, to be able to protect themselves by their swords which they mostly hold in their right hand, if some other unknown guy was passing by.

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Ron.M

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Arash)

That's what I heard too Arash.

Thing is, Napoleon was a "lefty" and trained his armies that way to confuse the British.

That's why even to this day the British have a slight mistrust of the Continentals, for "not playing the game".

You can see where Monty Python and all the crazy rock bands of the 60's came from now!

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 28 2010 13:07:38

Arash

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From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Arash)

yeah i understad Ron.

well, now that we are talking about it, for me all western systems (both right and left, british, european, america)
are all boring and confusing.

the best system is in iran imo.

we don't care which side of the street.

and its also very exciting. you don't get bored in your car.

the streets are full of Soniquette imo

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Escribano

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Arash)

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and its also very exciting. you don't get bored in your car.

Just like driving in Mexico City... I really love the "trafico libre" style.

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Escribano

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Arash)

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everybody used to walk on the left side few hundred years ago, to be able to protect themselves by their swords which they mostly hold in their right hand, if some other unknown guy was passing by.

That is also why we shake our right hands in greeting, to show that we have no weapon.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 28 2010 13:59:09

Arash

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Escribano)

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ORIGINAL: Escribano

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and its also very exciting. you don't get bored in your car.

Just like driving in Mexico City... I really love the "trafico libre" style.

Trafico Libre......

Yep, no Compas at all.

Anyway, i learned driving and made my driving licence in Germany and when i went back to iran for some visit and vacation and also drive a car there (it was a Citroen 2CV btw lol), i needed another 2 weeks vacation back in Germany to recover from this iran visit and the shock and the whole excitement of all the "Libre" things there lol

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 28 2010 14:15:34

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From: manitoba, canada

RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Ron.M)

Hey Ron
In Manitoba all the distance signs and the car speedometers are in Kilometers.......
Yet all the roads are one mile apart......we speek English but the labels are in French

Go figure

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minordjango

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Arash)

middle of china was crazy those guys and girls are all closet formula one drivers

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Pimientito

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From: Marbella

RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Ron.M)

Hey Ron. You forgot reams of paper
A ream of paper is 480 sheets made up of 20 quires of 24 sheets of paper. A bundle of paper is 2 reams.
This is now "decimilised" if you like to 500 sheets. A modern printing pack of paper is 500 sheets and is by convention now called a ream.

...and why was a bakers dozen 13? No wonder everyone thinks the Brits are mad!

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Kate

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Pimientito)

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ORIGINAL: Pimientito
...and why was a bakers dozen 13? No wonder everyone thinks the Brits are mad!

The oldest known source and most probable origin for the expression "baker's dozen" dates to the 13th century in one of the earliest English statutes, instituted during the reign of Henry III, called the Assize of Bread and Ale. Bakers who were found to have shortchanged customers could be liable to severe punishment. To guard against the punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat. Specifically, the practice of baking 13 items for an intended dozen was to prevent "short measure", on the basis that one of the 13 could be lost, eaten, burnt or ruined in some way, leaving the baker with the original dozen. The practice can be seen in the guild codes of the Worshipful Company of Bakers in London.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker's_doz…

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Kate

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Arash)

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ORIGINAL: Arash

the best system is in iran imo.

we don't care which side of the street.

and its also very exciting. you don't get bored in your car.

That looks like Vietnam, only more mopeds and bikes and less cars.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 30 2010 3:29:11

ddk

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From: California

RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Kate)

One of my favorites is in France, where for "2 weeks" they say "quinze jours" (15 days)....

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 30 2010 10:42:29

Exitao

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to c)

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ORIGINAL: c

Hey Ron
In Manitoba all the distance signs and the car speedometers are in Kilometers.......
Yet all the roads are one mile apart......we speek English but the labels are in French

Go figure

Heh. As a fellow Canadian raised in Central Area...

When it comes to judging distance, I usually judge anything over 20' in meters. From firing ranges I know what 500m looks like and imagining a km is no problem.

I tend to use feet and inches for most measurements, but I love metric for fine fine detail.

Less than 1lb, I conceptualise weight in grams. Above 1lb, I think in lbs.
(Although with all the Asian girls I've dated here, I've become more adept at judging height/weight of people in metric.)

I know volume in metric, except to buy pints of beer, and quarts and gallons for milk and paint.

I can only understand temperature in centigrade.

Sometimes in supermarkets I take the time to turn the products on the outermost row of a display so that only the French labels show.
It makes me chortle - because I know just how much it annoys me when I come across such a thing.

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Ron.M

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RE: cortes in some hot soup! (in reply to Exitao)

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Sometimes in supermarkets I take the time to turn the products on the outermost row of a display so that only the French labels show.
It makes me chortle - because I know just how much it annoys me when I come across such a thing.

I must admit, one thing I've always loved about this Forum are the little 'snapshots' of daily life in other countries which you don't see on the news or would even see as a tourist.
I had never even considered how the French and English languages interacted in Canada...

quote:

I tend to use feet and inches for most measurements, but I love metric for fine fine detail.

Yeah, I do too Exitao.

Funnily enough some fractions, like 1/3 are actually MORE accurate than their decimal representation!

cheers,

Ron

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