Why Americans and Brits will always remain worlds apart
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It kind of makes sense, guess is time to search the net for some info related to that paper.
* trying not to sound smartass
I've never liked that our ancient civilizations to be called "Indians", since indians are the ones from India, this term was applied incorrectly in America because Cristobal Colon thought he had arrived to India (thus calling the people indians) not knowing he discovered a new continent.
I prefer the term native, or a more proper one like mexica or aztec
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* trying not to sound smartass
I've never liked that our ancient civilizations to be called "Indians", since indians are the ones from India, this term was applied incorrectly in America because Cristobal Colon thought he had arrived to India (thus calling the people indians) not knowing he discovered a new continent.
I prefer the term native, or a more proper one like mexica or aztec
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Aunty Em
Well-Known Member
Cristoforo Colombo was his born name, but it changed to Cristóbal Colón when he bacame spaniard.
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/hispanicheritage/cristobalcolon.html
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/hispanicheritage/cristobalcolon.html
ris
New Member
most of the article is inaccurate, i can defintely vouch for the brit side and i bet the us side is equally off. given we work the longest hours in europe the comment on starting noon monday and ending noon friday is utter tosh.
i've yet to enter a pub where the smoke haze is blinding
the stuff about work socialisation is interesting, a friend of mine came back from 2 years in ann arbor and said that he got to know almost no-one from his lab. none of them socialised together so he hardly met anybody.
i've yet to enter a pub where the smoke haze is blinding
the stuff about work socialisation is interesting, a friend of mine came back from 2 years in ann arbor and said that he got to know almost no-one from his lab. none of them socialised together so he hardly met anybody.
Justintime
Guest
Really? not in my pubs its a haze i tells ya!
its a haze i tells ya!
Aunty Em
Well-Known Member
It's more to do with the lack of available landfill sites and the wish to avoid having more incinerators built for burning rubbish than the trees I think you'll find.
In other words, we're running out of places to safely bury our rubbish - recycling is intended to cut the need considerably and does also cut the need for energy consumption and raw materials, e.g. recycling an aluminium can uses only 5% of the energy required to produce them from raw materials in the first place.
It also cuts down on contamination of the water table by toxic substances from landfill sites and air pollution from incinerators.
We have doorstep collection services for paper, glass, steel cans, aluminium cans and compostible waste.
Personally I recycle all of these and also plastic bags and bottles, plus clothes, books and any household items I no longer require, which I donate to charity. But more than that, I refuse to buy overwrapped goods or accept extra wrapping for them in the first place and try to buy goods that come in recyclable containers such as jars, tins or paper rather than plastic. Of course it's hard to stick to that all the time, but we usually only throw out 1 swing bin bag of rubbish a week in the dustbin, so it does make a difference.
In other words, we're running out of places to safely bury our rubbish - recycling is intended to cut the need considerably and does also cut the need for energy consumption and raw materials, e.g. recycling an aluminium can uses only 5% of the energy required to produce them from raw materials in the first place.
It also cuts down on contamination of the water table by toxic substances from landfill sites and air pollution from incinerators.
We have doorstep collection services for paper, glass, steel cans, aluminium cans and compostible waste.
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Personally I recycle all of these and also plastic bags and bottles, plus clothes, books and any household items I no longer require, which I donate to charity. But more than that, I refuse to buy overwrapped goods or accept extra wrapping for them in the first place and try to buy goods that come in recyclable containers such as jars, tins or paper rather than plastic. Of course it's hard to stick to that all the time, but we usually only throw out 1 swing bin bag of rubbish a week in the dustbin, so it does make a difference.
outside looking in
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Man, that article is a joke. The author is entirely too small minded to accuse anyone else of such a shortcoming. It seems to be a thinly veiled attempt at legitimizing his insults and disdain for the US.