Recent content by ChrisB

less carrot, more stick:

Regensburger - umso besser!

When you are 5 years old, 1 year is 20% of your life. At age 50 it is only 2%. So like a roll of toilet paper, it goes faster toward the end

Licorice is known to be a laxative, which could account for short term weight loss.

James Anderson as Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. Donald Sutherland in Eye of the Needle.

Weddings and funerals, I suppose.

Basically, medicare covers 80% of health care costs, the remaining 20% is usually covered by some form of private supplemental insurance.

With only 377 posts in 11 years, I have done my best to avoid that situation. I always hesitate before hitting the “post reply” button. It is better to remain silent and be thought perhaps a fool….

My Dear Aunt Sally: multiply & divide, then add & subtract

I once had a Siberian Husky who, in spite of her wolf like appearance, was the most gentle dog I’ve ever owned. Nevertheless, the sight of her bounding up to the front door made most sales people seek greener pastures elsewhere.

In that situation I use a compound form involving an immediate ancestor.

I kept on wondering what the problem was with the Bureau of Land Management.