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In the US, that image shows the activity with the fully-qualified name, "soliciting for the purposes of prostitution", often shortened to "soliciting" when the context makes the latter part of the phrase unnecessary.

I see that this is my 2^10 post. A retired computer nerd's milepost, for sure. At the two entrances to my subdivision are prominently posted "No Soliciting" signs. Nonetheless, from time to time a young person rings my doorbell and knocks on the door. I point out to each that "No Soliciting"...

Here's something that has been going through my head this morning. It's not "trivial", but not serious, either. I was thinking about the challenges non-native English speakers have. Here's a perfectly ordinary sentence in past tense, subjunctive mood, that would surely challenge those ESL...

Don't forget the companions, "could of" , "would of", and "should of"! As for antipodean accents, I find Kiwi harder than Aussie. I'm fond of the now-wrapped-up New Zealand TV series "Brokenwood". I find myself turning on the subtitle feature so that I can pick up all the dialogue. Maybe it's...

When did "gift" become a verb? Oh, and when you're tempted to use an adjective as an adverb, just say no! Add the "ly" to the end, please! And while I'm on a rant-and-roll, how about "myself"? It's a reflexive pronoun, not an ordinary objective one. "Please get in touch with Jim or myself if...

This evening I saw two commercials for whole body deodorants to include the unsurprising arm pits, then on to the crotch and the feet. It's a wonder none of these people had ever heard of a shower with soap.

Heee! Heee! Heee! There's one born every minute! The vendor is certainly hoping for one, and "no one ever went broke underestimating ...", but seriously, is the vendor delusional, naive, or merely seeking to test the greater fool theory?

Here's one for my fellow American Baby Boomers: You know you're getting old when you remember saying the pledge of allegiance at the start of a school day while facing a forty-eight star flag.

Probably for the same reasons you call an "elevator" a "lift".

There's another, legit member and frequent poster, who doesn't get the idea behind "So trivial, but it really ticks you off." Make that plus one for STBIRTYO.

Hands down, "The Exorcist".

So, hows does this fit into "Really Ticks You Off"?

I imagine these MiGs are expensive to maintain?

This may not be an issue in most places in the UK, but in northern U.S. states, Tesla owners were "left out in the cold" recently. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/16/1224913698/teslas-chicago-charging-extreme-cold

Please excuse if I have already posted this, but I found it on a Facebook page by a fellow I used to work with: I had the rudest, slowest, and nastiest cashier today. That does it! I'm DONE using the self-checkout lane.