MLISTALL.E59 - Diversities N19
Zvonko Springer (zzspri@COSY.SBG.AC.AT)
Sun, 9 Mar 1997 18:33:20 +0100
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HELLO ALL=20
including those lurking ones - wake up from winter sleep as spring is at
our door-steps already. Since last two weeks I have been working hard
replying 20 questions asked by Neel Sheth in MEMORIES list. Now, I'm
relieved by ending of my rather long (again!) answer totaling to about
40KB. Ugh, that's a lot believe me.
I have accomplished another very hard task today too. We have collected
many and various shells on Zanzibar's beaches. LJ has given most of them
to Nikola who is Maria-Klara's (alias MARA - our grand-daughter) 'aunt'
at her Kindergarten. Few of the nicer ones or which haven't had yet went
into our closet. This is a cupboard for our shell collection having
several glass shelves and with a mirror at its back. Quite an expressive
and interesting show-case - won't you come to see it? However, the hard
work was to drill a tiny hole in some 60 chosen shells from LJ would make
few necklaces either for Mara or to hang on a board where other ones hang
on exhibit. I got a high-speed drill and used special tungsten drill-bits
first. As the first rather expensive bit broke I have tried then
dentist's bits which LJ got as a 'present' from her dentist recently. The
later ones worked fine but it has taken me the whole Sunday morning
drilling these tiny holes. I couldn't believe that shells have such a
hard housing crust in few cases even rather brittle too. Anybody in need
of an advice how to drill shells just let me know about, O.K.?
Now, let me continue with one of Erich Kaestner's advices:
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"Everybody has to acquire the COMMON SENSE by himself
- only STUPIDITY propagates itself freely."
Here are few lines from 'Have A Nice Day' which LJ has chosen for you.
In #0367 Ed McQue wrote about 'WHAT MEN REALLY MEAN' when they say:
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- "Can I help with dinner?"=20
Really means: "Why isn't it already on the table?" [Applies to me?]
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- "My wife doesn't understand me!"
Really means: "She's heard all my stories before, and is tired of =20
them." [LJ means me talking 'Computer's!]
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- "We share the housework!"
Really means: "I make the mess, she cleans them up." [Not true!]
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- "That's women's work."
Really means: "It's difficult, dirty and thankless." [For March 8]
- "Take a break, darling, you're working too hard."
Really means: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."
- "You expect too much of me."
Really means: "You want me to stay awake, dear!" [Hmm, do you LJ?]
- "That's interesting, dear!"
Really means: "Are you still talking?" [Oh, dear me!]
The following lines are my choice from #0354 sent by Erin Cosyn as her
favorite BUMPER STICKERS and QUOTATIONS:
- Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.
- We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse!
- Make idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
- He who laughs last thinks slowest!
- Always remember you're unique, just everyone else. [Me too?]
- Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now! [Stop it!]
Let's write something more serious, don't you think it too? Well, here
few data I have collected from various newspapers.
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Top. 1: PRODUCERS WHO DRESS THE WORLD.
<underline> </underline> Exports of investitures in Billions US$ in
1995.
CHINA 24,1 HONG KONG 21,3 ITALY 14,0
GERMANY 7,4 U.S.A. 6,7 TURKEY 6,1
FRANCE 5,6 SOUTH KOREA 5,0 ENGLAND 4,7
THAILAND 4,6 INDIA 3,7 PORTUGAL 3,7
INDONESIA 3,4 TAIWAN 3,3 NETHERLANDS 2,8
Source: Globus/"Die Presse"/PM - 1996.
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Top. 2: EXPENSIVE COUNTRIES - CHEAP COUNTRIES
Prices comparisons of a equal commodities of private requisite=20
in 1995 (Index Austria =3D 100).
<underline>
</underline>SWITZERLAND 131 BELGIUM 95
JAPAN 129 LUXEMBOURG 91
DENMARK 120 IRELAND 78
SWEDEN 112 SPAIN 77
NORWAY 111 ITALY 76
FINLAND 106 ENGLAND 75
GERMANY 101 U.S.A. 73
A U S T R I A 100 GREECE 73
FRANCE 100 PORTUGAL 64
NETHERLANDS 96 TURKEY 39
Source: OECD, Globus/"Die Presse" July 1996.
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</underline>Top. 3: WORLD MARKET FOR SOFTWARE IN 1995 - Figures in
Millions US$
SW's TURN-OVER TOTAL TURN-OVER SW's SHARE IN % OF
IBM 12.949,2 71.940,0 18,0
MICROSOFT 7.418,0 7.418,0 100,0
FUJITSU 6.431,5 26.798,0 24,0
COMPUT.ASS. 2.460,9 3.196,0 77,0
NEC 2,322,0 19.350,0 12,0
NOVELL 1.897,2 2.040,0 93,0
ORACLE 1.526,9 2.707,3 56,4
SAP 1.349,2 1.887,0 71,5
DIGITAL EQ. 1.299,6 14.439,5 9,0
HITACHI 1.296,7 16.208,1 8,0
Source: Datamation, 15.June 1996/"Die Presse"/Adam.
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Top. 4: CRAZY STORY from "Salzburger Nachrichten" Mar 1, 1997.
A cow gave milk with a slight taste after an excessive treat of
high-grade plum brandy (=3D slivovica). A farmer's wife near Belgrade had
gone to their dark cellar looking for a bucket to give water to their
cows. As the bucket she took was full she poured straight in one of cow's
trough. The one cow obviously found the 'taste' of water quite nice and
drank the through empty - some 8 lt of brandy. The slivovica-cow has been
completely drunk for 3 days and 3 more days to get rid of her=20
hang-over.
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That is all of MLISTALL.E59: Diversities N19 for today. Let me hear from
you again when you are awake again - there's no need for lurking as
spring is 'ANTE PORTAS'. With many regards in spring soon yours
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Zvonko of the Oak Hill.