It's odd, some folk (like me) don't change accent. I've always spoken the way I did when I was taught as a child, so the average of my parents (cockney and yorkshire). But my sister changes to speak identically to whoever she's with in a few minutes.
This is sounding like George Orwell. Took us longer than he predicted, but we're getting there.
The Chinese are doing it anyway and using up all the fossil fuels. F*ck the greenies.
It's a victory for capitalism, better maintenance has a cost that exceeds the cost of shrugging off responsibility. Lobbyists cost a lot less than doing it right.
I'm faily sure it has a maintenance cost on the tyres and rails, so avoiding slipping will usually be preferred over mitigation by sand.
The electric trams in Melbourne Australia have sand hoppers, and I have seen them laying down sand occasionally.
When it's delivered in half an hour from Amazon for £50, or a few days from Ebay for £30, or a couple of weeks from Ali Express for £15, I choose the cheaper one.
Why does anybody live in NYC? It sounds like a shithole.
I've just been to stay with someone who rebuilt a vintage car which had been found underwater for years in a flooded garage. When I say rebuilt, most of the parts he duplicated and created from sheet metal. It won competitions for 7 years. Nothing in his house is factory made, it's all made in his workshop. The door handles are deer horns, the curtain rails are tree branches from his own garden. The wood burning stoves are made from old gas cylinders. I want to be like that.
Not dropping the H but using the word "an" is ridiculous. Like "an hotel". "An historic event".
They don't seem to use H in French, but surely they are physically capable of making the noise?
I don't use either because I have no f****ng idea what a perfect tense is. I draw the line after past, present, future. There are no other places on the timeline!
Enlighten yourself:
A girl? ROFL!
Career move. She had been talking about at least getting out on Long Island but it would be difficult with limited mobility. In the city you can get about anything delivered and she uses a car service if she has to go someplace.
But it's others who will smear it.
Every man for himself is a very simple concept and would work well.
I like everyone else queueing nicely, it means I can get served first.
A sign of weakness.
That's as loathsome as it is wrong. The norks aren't doing very well; the Danes are.
I had a radio controlled car with a gearbox without oil.
Just how long does it take to get your breath back?
Rarely since there's not much snow in Scotland. Look up Glenshee. Then ask them about the guy who skied in a tartan thong for a dare.
Not your f***ed up logic, no.
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