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Originals • Re: How to buy International Reply Coupons or IRCs?

2014-01-21T08:02:15+00:00

Well I am so glad I found this thread. I did not know you could buy them in France and have them shipped anywhere. My 4 pitiful years of high school French combined with the use of google translate, I got my order completed and a confirmation and my IRCs are on the way to the USA (LOL!)

I've been frustrated with this issue for a year now and had no idea you could do this.

I was told the USA stopped selling them because of drug trafficking. But, really it just seems like it's keeping people who want to do legitimate personal correspondence internationally from being able to do so!

Once again thank you for your discussion and helpful post. This is just another example of why I want to move to Europe!

Statistics: Posted by Guest — 21 Jan 2014, 08:02

My Opinion • Re: Feeling sub-human yet?

2014-01-20T03:55:35+00:00

Probably. It's a distant memory now... or at least, I'm over it.

Some of the stuff I saw while working there was enough to make me think Hitler was a kind man.

Statistics: Posted by Liv — 20 Jan 2014, 03:55

My Opinion • Re: Feeling sub-human yet?

2014-01-20T03:46:05+00:00

Did they try the ploy, "I think he would have WANTED us all to get back to work on these checks!" ? And if they had... how many would have nodded and gone back to work without a word?

American workers are doing nothing but enabling these people to mistreat them and all their loved ones, and for WHAT? Quality of life? Not LIKELY!!

Statistics: Posted by SouthernFriedInfidel — 20 Jan 2014, 03:46

Culture & Food • Outlawing Cursing

2014-01-18T18:36:01+00:00

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In September 2012, Brussels passed a law to punish those who use inflammatory language in public. By this act, cursing, in certain instances became out-lawed. This law is one of many in the wake of the 2008 E.U. Decision on Xenophia and Hate Speech, and attempts to create social cohesion among Europe and the growing immigrant population. The fine for such language is up to 250 Euros.

In the recent documentary: Femme de la Rue, documentarian : by Sophie Peeter places a hidden camera on herself as she leaves her Brussels apartment conservatively dressed. The result on every occasion was sexist slurs from the mouths of Northern African immigrant men. “Salope”, meaning slut and other offensive language (like clicking) were yelled at Peeters as she made her way down the streets of Scharbeek, a predominately Arabic decent suburb of Brussels.

Much like construction workers in the 1970’s America, cat-calling women on the street, this interjection of outdated gender stereotypes is called la drague, or the art of seduction. Unfortunately it’s also a part of middle-eastern culture that demeans women, and purposely attempts to shame women for their bodies or dress. It’s a part of their culture, but it’s in direct conflict with European culture and modern political correctness.

Sophie, who at the time crowd funded her documentary as a master’s film student in Brussels created a journalism frenzy over the piece. Articles in almost every major world newspaper carried the topic. As a result, Brussels has attempted to improve the situation by laws that protect women from street harassment.

Of course I suspect, Americans would be upset at their loss of liberty when abroad due to our adoration of free speech; however we've implemented laws in some cities of America that ignore the reasons for such laws, and ban vulgarities simply because some citizen(s) take offense to words like fuck being used in public. In Middleborough, Massachusetts, using the f-bomb will earn you a $20 ticket (yes, start your Demolition Man flash backs now). Bill 56 in South Carolina would make cursing a punishable offense, and Arizona has begin the process of outlawing bad-language in the classroom. The truth is, you shouldn't be able to tell a women she's a slut on the street, nor make xenophobic remarks to foreigners, but what America is outlawing, is truly the use of free-speech.

Statistics: Posted by Liv — 18 Jan 2014, 18:36

My Opinion • Re: Feeling sub-human yet?

2014-01-18T15:08:38+00:00

In previous jobs (and lives), when we'd call other departments we would identify ourselves by our employee number rather than our name. That always irked me a bit.

I suspect it's a "bleed over" from military lingo to desensitize soldiers of death and war. "Send in more resources!", "The other resources died".

I remember one time, a co-worker had a heart attack on the floor. The corpse was dragged out by EMS, and we were given approximately 10 minutes to deal with it before "continuing the cause". They literally rationalized the importance of selling checks, and that they "must be sold", "unfortunately", despite the loss of human life.

I'm certain there are workplaces that when a co-worker dies, they'll close-up for the day, but I've never worked at any such place.

Statistics: Posted by Liv — 18 Jan 2014, 15:08

My Opinion • Re: And now for a run-in with the IRS

2014-01-18T14:57:44+00:00

Well that's nice.

Bet your stress level were wonderful during that time.

I can't wait till NC taxes this year. They are always, hugely expensive, even if I get a return from the Feds, but apparently this year they're even worse.

McCrory is going to wipe his ass with us poor people.

Statistics: Posted by Liv — 18 Jan 2014, 14:57

My Opinion • Feeling sub-human yet?

2014-01-18T14:28:17+00:00

This message is for members of the working class.

I know that some think of me as a bit out there in my attitude about being oppressed by the upper class in America. One of my pet peeves is how companies I've worked for used to have "Personnel" departments, but that got changed to "Human resources." That seemed to be kind of demeaning, but at least it still had the word "human" in it. But over the years of this bloody Great Recession (which is still going STRONG here in the Triad, in spite of all the GOP has done to make the state a happy playground for industries), things just keep getting worse.

Just the other day, I over heard a guy in the next cube bemoaning the fact that a project he was working on would require more people to get it done on time. Only he didn't say "people." Didn't even say "team members." No, he VOLUNTARILY said, "... we'll be needing more resources to get this done on time." I wanted to strangle him. Even a lot of my fellow laborers are buying into the notion that we aren't people... we are mere "resources."

Another indignity is that now, these "HR" goons are changing the terminology again. No longer does "human resources" satisfy their perverse sense of how to deal with the biological units needed to get work done. No, NOW, they are starting to talk about handling "Human Capital." Like laborers are commodities to be bought, traded or disposed of based on the needs of the owners. I have little doubt that the final stage of this process will be to start talking about "biological capital." That would mean they could manage livestock and the workers all under one roof. Because those damn laborers should NOT be allowed to start thinking of themselves as anything other than livestock. If they were allowed to have ANY sense of dignity, they might start to demand things like higher wages, better benefits, or (gasp) RETIREMENT aid. Which, as everyone knows, is to be reserved only for REAL people.

What a bloody awful world I am starting to grow old in. I hate it... wish there was some option available...

Statistics: Posted by SouthernFriedInfidel — 18 Jan 2014, 14:28

My Opinion • Re: And now for a run-in with the IRS

2014-01-18T14:10:34+00:00

Was reviewing some threads of recent vintage, came across this. Thought you'd like to hear how it came out.

After we sent in the documentation that we got from the bank, nothing happened for like a month. So I figured the matter got settled and the IRS was just too embarrassed to tell us up front that all was well.

Then I got a note saying that they had received my documents and were in the process of reviewing them. After A MONTH, they tell me this??

Then, two DAYS after that, I get a note saying that my debt had been canceled, that my documentation was acceptable. Go about your normal life, good citizen...

Idiots...

Statistics: Posted by SouthernFriedInfidel — 18 Jan 2014, 14:10

Geekery • Re: Changing Your Assurance Wireless Phone.

2014-01-16T19:07:21+00:00

if you call assurance they will give you a list of phones that will work.Or they"ll tell you where on line to look. I lost mine.When i called the guy gave me such a list I had to ask where can i look cause it was to much.I don"t know about smart phones and why not let us have one.My concern was I didn"t want to walk around with a assurance phone.I had to get a Go-Lo because I actually got the last one.It costed me 50 bucks and it"s all silver so it looks like metal.What sucks is no wifi.with my other phones,I down load majic jack and I have a small clear hotspot device.Tape them together(no one notices) and when desperate I'll use that.And don't fall for the magic jack stuff about someone else also has to have the magic jack. I dial directly to anyone I want.BUTTTT! the strangested thing is some people get thier own number like on a caller ID.Some people get a different number everytime,But like I said when desperate use it.

Statistics: Posted by Guest — 16 Jan 2014, 19:07

Culture & Food • Shower Phobia

2014-01-15T19:18:58+00:00

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I love water. Hell, in my living room right now I have 25 cases of the stuff:

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I take two or three showers a day sometimes. If I could live in a house where it constantly rained, I would. One must wonder how such environmental factors as constant water would effect the body, but then I wake up to this: Amou Haji, a 80 year Iranian who hasn't bathed or showered in more than 60 years. The pictures are just amazing, and the transformation of his skin and pores, are very interesting. You almost wonder how a person can survive under such conditions.

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People have offered him showers, however he fears they will make him ill. Honestly I imagine there might be some truth to it, if he were to shock his body with soap and water at this point.

Apparently Shower Phobia is a real condition, known as Ablutophobia. It ranges from fear of water, to drowning, to claustrophobia, to being sucked down the drain.

Me, I love to fill the tub, turn on the shower, submerge my head and tune out the world except for the beautiful music of the rain in my shower.

Statistics: Posted by Liv — 15 Jan 2014, 19:18