I flew to Europe in that sweet spot between our DST and theirs once - it shortened my jet lag by an hour, which is not a negligible thing when you’re trying to stay awake long enough to get to bed at local time!

lol, truth. But I also found that the buildings in Paris are tall enough that I didn’t even see the Montparnasse (or the Eiffel) half the time when wandering around.

I was there in June. Bought a Navigo Decouverte (the pass with the photo) because I was there long enough to justify the cost, and it was so much easier to just tap the pass and go rather than mess with the carnet of tickets, and it’s good for several years so I can reload it when I go back.

A family member of mine taught the Saudis, and they had an unspoken agreement not to discuss politics or cultural differences, but when his class was making remarks about how “Hitler had the right idea” with regard to the Jews, he pointed out to them that they weren’t exactly white, and if Hitler had been successful…

I watched a friend-of-a-friend in Serbia publicly rant about how she openly supported and would have voted for Trump if she were an American... because Clinton bombed Kosovo.

Don Q is good shit. It gave me a hot flash!

It was fantastic for drinking games, too. “Every time Bret says HEYOO”

I have a customer who’s an Orthodox priest, and he’s one of the most beautiful men I’ve ever met, very kind and patient, and I think terrible things whenever he visits. But I keep my thoughts to myself, because he’s a customer, because he’s married with kids (and his wife is pretty cool too, the one time I met her),…

George of the Jungle is the best AWFUL movie out there.

Hospice is also a great term, and one I used at the time both of mine were on their way out.

I’m glad. sort of!

5'6 with size 2 feet? I’m two inches taller and I wear a size 10. I cannot fathom having feet that tiny at this height. I’d fall over!

Oh, that terrible gray zone when you’re sitting vigil for your beloved critter and you know it won’t be long but it’s still an eternity, praying they’ll go peacefully on their own but watching like a hawk for that subtle signal that means it’s time to help things along. Talking to the vet every other day for…

Or don’t eat things that cause rancid emissions the day before a long flight.

This War Of Mine: so good, but SO MUCH MISERY. It will suck all the happy out of you.

One guy told me that his armpit hair is long and fine and started getting knots in it, and that’s why he just shaves it off now.

This made me laugh, because I grew up in a town full of Sicilians, and you could make rugs out of most of them, and they strutted around with it poking out of every hole in their wifebeaters. I still joke that the reason why Italian men wear gold chains is so they know where to stop shaving.

As am I (in both origin and not caring about the usage), but I almost never hear the word - possibly because the Welsh didn’t come over in the same numbers as, say, the Irish or the Italians, and they’re a lot harder to identify unless you’re REALLY familiar with the accents, so I don’t think it ever really occurs to…

To be fair, they kinda are (and I say that with great affection) - the Dutch word for cheap is “goedkoop” - good buy. They were apparently quite obnoxious about trading terms in the Dutch East India days. (Although things identified as “Dutch” in American usage can potentially also refer to Pennsylvania Dutch, which…

Whether it’s spelled welsh or welch, the context is “to renege” and has nothing to do with (and makes no sense in) German. Same reason you have the spelling “jip” - still refers to gyp/Gypsy.