September 2011
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Connected Travelling: Did you know that the... →
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In 2004, due to typhoons, the Shinkansen total annual delays were 42 seconds. It was a disgrace to Japan. (source)
If a train were to be late for 5 minutes, everyone receives a free journey and an apology from the conductor. If a train is delayed 10 minutes, it would be in the newspaper.
So to say train delays are serious business would be an understatement. And last...
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NFL Week 3 Review
Michael Vick doesn’t like playing in the 4th quarter.
The Vikings don’t like playing in the 4th quarter.
Bears rush 13 yards in 12 attempts.
The Bengals still suck.
The “best QB” doesn’t throw 4 INTs against the Bills.
Cam Newton gets his much deserved 1st win in a sloppy game.
What’s up with Matt Ryan and the Falcons?
Does Peyton Manning make the Colts...
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Air Canada ordered to pay $12,000 to passenger...
When Michel Thibodeau couldn’t order a 7-Up in French on an Air Canada flight in spring 2009, the federal-government worker didn’t just grumble about poor service. He and his wife Lynda sued the airline for more than half a million dollars.
Anyone see anything wrong with that? Suing a company for more than half a million dollars because he wasn’t served in French? Utterly ridiculous. Yes I...
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Every single time I walk into a full bus and see a pair of empty seats, I always think that they must be wet or have some other disgusting substance (like olive juice) on them and that’s why no one is sitting there.
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Jailed Americans to be freed soon: Ahmadinejad →
TEHRAN, Sept 13 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that two American men arrested near Iran’s border with Iraq and sentenced for espionage will be released within days as a humanitarian gesture. … “The appeals court has agreed for the release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal on $500,000 bail for each of them … They can leave Iran right after their...
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Last week I couldn't wait for my classes to start....
Also: d.pr/vZqv
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Mes amis, I need your help!
It’s time for me to get a new winter jacket. My current one has been in good use for the past four cold winters and I think it’s time it took its retirement.
The thing is, I’m not quite sure where to start looking for a new one. This is where you come in! If you can, recommend a nice warm jacket you think I’d like.
Price range: $0-$500. No H&M-like cheap stuff...
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have you ever felt the need to tell someone or everyone something that you were working on or just anything in general because you were so damn excited about it that you couldn’t keep it to yourself and then you got them excited for you and then something happens where you realise it wont happen after all? yeah? well it happens to me. every. fucking. time.
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You know what I get to do tomorrow?
Nothing.
And I can’t wait.
We have a sale going on at work right now, which is called Epic Sale lolololololol, and to promote it the big guys in the offices thought it would be cute to decorate the store with balloons everywhere. Heh.
As I walked into the back store, my boss let me know I was in charge of blowing the balloons and putting them in various places. I asked him approximately how many he wanted and he said a...