The Off Topic Topic

[Duque de Bragança]

The government has been slacking on funding to the railway for many decades, only the main line and the Copenhagen lines are electrified. Every time someone suggests we expand the railway system someone cries "it's too expensive, let's build a highway instead".

This reminds me of PORTUGAL !
Sorry

[Liep]

[Grey Fox]

Car is king!

[Liep]

Up by 4 against Angola in the quarter final, first half almost over.

[Zanza]

It's 5-6 hours by train from Copenhagen to the northern/southern most parts of Jutland. I'm guessing the flight operators are getting flooded with bookings right now.

5 or 6 hours? A high-speed line would not be expensive since it's all flat. Not densely populated enough though I guess.
Checking from the Deutsche Bahn site, even the so-called ICE Hamburg-Copenhagen is not that fast (bit less than 5 hours).
Not even electrified... 
map checking edit : it does not even go through Jutland.

That train also uses a ferry to cross from Fehmarn to Lolland.

[Ed Anger]

I wish match.com would stop sending me the 40 year old lost causes in the email. Only 18-30 yr olds plz.

[Admiral Yi]

Just picked up an amazing basketball factoid.

The movie Hoosiers (the best sports movie ever (tm)) was based on history.  In 1954 tiny Milan made it to the Indiana state high school championship and upset powerhouse Crispus Attucks. 

On that Crispus Attucks team there was a sophomore named Oscar Robertson.

[Ideologue]

Ide runs into law professor, K, at book store.

Ide: Hi, Professor K.
Professor K: Oh, hello! What brings you here?
Ide:  Just applying to work at the book store.
Professor K: Oh, great!
Ide:
Professor K:

***

The lady that interviewed me has some sort of accent or speech impediment, and for a few instants I could have sworn she was asking if I was a Jewish doctor.

I do note well that I was asked to bring my social security card, but not asked to present it at or after the interview.   On the other hand, I was the first to be interviewed.  Out of seven or eight.  Of the first batch of interviews.  To do temp work, at the university book store.

I waved at the Occupy Columbia/homeless commune on way home, and considered visiting, but had already spent a dollar and a half on parking and was running low on change.

[Ideologue]

Or, there's this.

Congratulations Hunter!

You have tentatively been selected for the Intermittent Paralegal Specialist position at U.S. Small Business Administration in Fort Worth, Texas.

Attached are the pre-employment forms, please return the signed and completed forms for your new Paralegal Specialist term appointment.

...

If you have any questions please feel free to call, and we will be happy to assist you.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? I DO NOT RECOGNIZE THESE STRANGE WORDS.

[Malthus]

Congratulations Hunter!

You have tentatively been selected for the Intermittent Paralegal Specialist position at U.S. Small Business Administration in Fort Worth, Texas.

Attached are the pre-employment forms, please return the signed and completed forms for your new Paralegal Specialist term appointment.

...

If you have any questions please feel free to call, and we will be happy to assist you.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

Sounds like  are in order.

[Habbaku]

Texas?!   

[Malthus]

Texas?!   

If Valmy can stand it, so can Ide. 

[Grey Fox]

Oh, it's going to be awesome.

After your interview make sure to go buy a gun at the giant Sporting goods store for 80$.

[garbon]

I'd be scared by the terms "tentatively" and "intermittent".

[Habbaku]

I'd be scared by the terms "tentatively" and "intermittent".

They are very careful about the 16-hour-a-week positions they have to offer.