Spanish Rent Control End Spells Doom for Shopkeepers, Boom for Big Bidness

Started by CountDeMoney, January 02, 2015, 04:14:51 PM

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DGuller

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 04, 2015, 11:54:32 AM
I suggest you surprise them with it at dinner one day.
I did that once, and now I have to register my place of residence.  :mad:

The Brain

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Gups

Quote from: Sheilbh on January 04, 2015, 11:59:20 AM
Quote from: dps on January 04, 2015, 01:43:06 AM
Uhm, sausage is just animal flesh stuffed into its own intestines.  Unless this is another case of a word meaning something different in American English than in English English.
It looks like that's what we all said :lol:

QuoteWhat is spotted dick? I saw a can of it in Wegmans. Looked like some kind of bread/custard thing?
Fruit sponge pudding, often served with custard :)

Round here it's a suet pudding with dried fruit.

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: mongers on January 02, 2015, 08:41:50 PM
Do some Americans consider it a sign of weakness to show some sympathy for the little guy?

Sympathy for the little guy, that's General Franco for you in a nutshell.
We have, accordingly, always had plenty of excellent lawyers, though we often had to do without even tolerable administrators, and seen destined to endure the inconvenience of hereafter doing without any constructive statesmen at all.
--Woodrow Wilson