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007
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
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Location: UK/Veteran of the Magic Kingdom
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
I'm trying to figure out how NCTBA's avatar has anything to do with his age...
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Well, VS, I guess the birth date of Simpson (NCTBA) is between Homer's birth date and Bin Laden's birth date. 
Bin Laden birth date is March 1957.
Homer's birth date is May 1956 (some say is 1955).
So, I guess, Simpson's birth date is between the two.
Still is younger than Uncle Scott!
BTW, Simpson's mental arithmetic may not be reliable!
D'OH! |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: |
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It's Simpson...not simpleton! I'm glad to remain so cryptic not to be un"veiled". But, then again...I'm not tryin'...
NCTBA
And, yes, VS, the plan is to remain "veiled"... |
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trapezius
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 1670
Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Back to the cheapies:
I had a neighbor who would not use his air con or electric lights. He would sit on the stoop in the fading light and read, then watch tv in the dark. He himself said he did it for the money he saved. He should have at least bought deodorant with the savings. |
The bolded word above reminded me of the shenanigans my friends and I pulled one day:
We had one TEFL instructor who wore the SAME tracksuit bottoms/pants/trousers to work EVERYDAY, yes, in class. OK, maybe he had 38 identical ones at home, no one knows. But they were the same day in and day out. So my friends and I were out on the town and passed by a cheap clothing store. We remembered our poor colleague (earning SR. 12,000/month) and bought a similar-looking SR. 20 pair of tracksuit pants for him. The next day we put them in his pigenhole! 
We had a math instructor who smelled atrocious, so much so that standing in front of him and talking with him for more than 10 seconds was utterly unbearable. It was both body odor and breath. The same night we bought the tracksuit pants, we pondered over whether we should get this poor colleague (also earning SR. 12,000/month) a toothbrush and some toothpaste. But we thought no, we are sure he brushes, just doesn't do it properly, so buying him that wouldn't help. So we bought a deo canister for him and put it in his pigenhole 
We put the following note on both of the gifts:
From concerned colleagues.... Please use this! |
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darkside1
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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The Skids (a punk band from Dunfermline in Scotland who had a certain degree of popularity in the late 1970s/ early 80s) also had a song called 'Working for the yankee dollar' which starts with the brilliant line: 'I saw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I'd never been...'
On the subject of misers in Saudi, I remember reading the old job experience journal on Dave's before heading to Saudi in 2003 and doubting that one tale of a guy who would only use a single sheet of toilet paper could ever be true.....I then briefly shared accomodation with someone who had the same habit. He wasn't a fan of deodorant either. |
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Sheikh N Bake
Joined: 26 Apr 2007
Posts: 1307
Location: Dis ting of ours
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| isabel wrote: |
Back to the cheapies:
I had a neighbor who would not use his air con or electric lights. He would sit on the stoop in the fading light and read, then watch tv in the dark. He himself said he did it for the money he saved. He should have at least bought deodorant with the savings. |
In the same vein as the old double-edged joke that Brits many many moons ago used to tell me:
Why was the Scotsman running behind the taxi?
He wanted to save money. |
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Sheikh N Bake
Joined: 26 Apr 2007
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Location: Dis ting of ours
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No a front to you S&B, but you gotta know that 'Tony Soprano' is a homophobic, sexist, racist macho jerk not to mention a cold blooded murderer!
I honestly don't get how you would want to have such an avatar representing your personna? Your 'half persian kitty' would certainly be more endearing to you personna wise  |
Well...he's a mafia boss. You were expecting...Alan Alda? I should put up a TESOL Teacher of the Year?
Besides, Tony is a man of honor in many respects, and in some, his wife Carmella is much worse; she's a hypocrite. OH, POOR ME! I get my money from illicit origins, and I have to go shopping in my Mercedes, oh, POOR ME, and I walk around in that mansion on the hill like ice cubes won't melt in my mouth, in my $500 slippers and diamond rings and fiddle with the air-conditioning, oh, POOR ME coz my husband has a gumar, aw, poor me...
The avatar celebrates the series and Gondolfini's (and the entire cast's) AMAZING acting. Dialogue, acting, storylines, subplots, all unparalled. |
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Sheikh N Bake
Joined: 26 Apr 2007
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Location: Dis ting of ours
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
I'm trying to figure out how NCTBA's avatar has anything to do with his age...
VS |
He was no doubt born on Sept 11...year unconfirmed. Location undisclosed. |
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cmp45
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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Location: KSA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheikh N Bake wrote: |
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Besides, Tony is a man of honor in many respects, and in some, his wife Carmella is much worse; she's a hypocrite. OH, POOR ME! I get my money from illicit origins, and I have to go shopping in my Mercedes, oh, POOR ME, and I walk around in that mansion on the hill like ice cubes won't melt in my mouth, in my $500 slippers and diamond rings and fiddle with the air-conditioning, oh, POOR ME coz my husband has a gumar, aw, poor me...
The avatar celebrates the series and Gondolfini's (and the entire cast's) AMAZING acting. Dialogue, acting, storylines, subplots, all unparalled. |
Ah Carmella! , the significant other from hell!
heh I did admit to liking the show, as well, agree Godolfini and cast are amazing in their portrayals...but wouldn't want to elevate the 'tony' character, sorry but still think the Tony character is a creepy sleezebag...come to think of it most of the characters on the show are sleezebags...
anyways...kudos to you, for being such a loyal fan of the show. I mean...who else can quote dialogue from the show the way you do?
Now back to the main show...miserly ancedotes...
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cmp45
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Location: KSA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheikh N Bake wrote: |
| veiledsentiments wrote: |
I'm trying to figure out how NCTBA's avatar has anything to do with his age...
VS |
He was no doubt born on Sept 11...year unconfirmed. Location undisclosed. |
Location: Springfield???? |
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svatopluk
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| I remember a Nepalese tea-boy telling me that the Taliban (beardy weirdos) where he worked never bought any drinks or snacks, but whenever there was some sort of party with free food on offer, they were always there at the front scoffing it down and even taking it home with them. |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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| Never Ceased To Be Amazed wrote: |
| And, yes, VS, the plan is to remain "veiled"... |
Hopefully no one will have followed your posts too closely since your age has been given away a few times. But, hopefully they are buried in all your posts. But... back to topic...
It seems to me that Saudi tends to draw more of those who have the urge to live overly... austere... lives. Many of us lived quietly in the rest of the Gulf, but managed to spring for toilet paper and deodorant. (and all the luxuries that we felt were necessary) Many considered me too frugal just because I wasn't interested in hitting the pubs or restaurants.
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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Location: Shhh...don't talk to me...I'm playin' dead...
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheikh N Bake wrote: |
| veiledsentiments wrote: |
I'm trying to figure out how NCTBA's avatar has anything to do with his age...
VS |
He was no doubt born on Sept 11...year unconfirmed. Location undisclosed. |
Check 'dis out...Sumter, SC. Is that as redneck as all get out???
NCTBA
Again...not hidin'... |
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Sheikh N Bake
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Location: Dis ting of ours
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Love that Charleston. As for me, I'm a Connecticut Yankee in King Abdullah's Court.  |
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Cuffs
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| "working for the Yankee dollar..." is from a Leonard Cohen song...I can hear it in my head but can't think of the song title. At least that's where I've heard the phrase. |
Leonard Cohen singing a light-hearted calypso about hawking his ass on a Trinidadian street corner to visiting US soldiers on R + R? I would kill to hear it...
It's Rum & Coca Cola I tell ya!
If you ever go down Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Oh, beat it man, beat it
Since the Yankee come to Trinidad
They got the young girls all goin' mad
Young girls say they treat 'em nice
Make Trinidad like paradise
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Oh, you vex me, you vex me
From Chicachicaree to Mona's Isle
Native girls all dance and smile
Help soldier celebrate his leave
Make every day like New Year's Eve
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
It's a fact, man, it's a fact
In old Trinidad, I also fear
The situation is mighty *beep*
Like the Yankee girl, the native swoon
When she hear der Bingo croon
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Out on Manzanella Beach
G.I. romance with native peach
All night long, make tropic love
Next day, sit in hot sun and cool off
Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
It's a fact, man, it's a fact
Rum and Coca-Cola
Rum and Coca-Cola
Workin' for the Yankee dollar
Aaaaaaahhhhhh....man, it's been a while. |
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isabel
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Location: God's green earth
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| Absofunkinlutely! |
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