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Why Paddy's Not At Work Today

Well, they both have leaves. Best regards, RA1

Yes, you should. Everyone knows you drink white wine with bananas. Best regards, RA1

Here are a couple of photos of what is going on in Rio's great transformation and why the center of the city is such a mess transit-wise. Incredibly traffic isn't any worse than I expected, but that isn't saying much. Taxis are only allowed to pick up fares at designated stops, one-way streets have been changed to run the other way, one-way Avenida Rio Branco is now a two-road with a central lane going in only one direction for taxis and vans only, one thousand parking spaces were obliterated to force commuters out of their cars and every bus line transiting downtown has been altered, switched, canceled. And to top it all off, as you can see from these photos, the Perimetral elevated highway stretching from Airport Santos-Dumont all the way to the bus station and the beginning of Avenida Brasil is almost a distant memory. The white aluminum wall is the closing of the Mergulhao (The Big Dive) underpass of Praca XV where tons of bus lines transited the central district. In another thread there were a couple of comments concerning the lack of patience for our Mayor Paes. Well, it is one enormous headache when the major artery in the city is closed and 8-12 lanes of traffic availability disappear.

Does that mean as opposed to members? Best regards, RA1

Microsoft seems definitely lacking in hardware development taking several trouncings in their phone and tablet ventures. Their OS while omnipresent is usually seen as the leaden-laden race car on the track along with its browser. Office software is about the only realm where they retrain a solid foothold. This is all based on my limited following of all-things-Microsoft these days, so the picture may be better, but if so it has eluded me. I use the OpenSource Office Suit on both the Mac and PC. I love the price. Also, it does everything I need and is compatible with MS Office as far as I can tell. I think Microsoft should consider building boats and maybe aircraft, being in Redmond WA. I hear there are markets up there.

Must stop leaving my webcam on.

An Irish man is sitting a a bar drinking A gay man comes up to him and asks, "can i give you a blow job?" The Irishman stands up and punches the gay man. The bar tender comes over and asks, "Why did you hit that guy?" The Irish man replied, "He said somethin about me gettin a job"

Happy you-know-what day.