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Fair enough, and likely the most appropriate course of action.

Any news yet as to how North_Ranger's funeral went today?

I just spent six hours chatting, drinking wine, and eating cheese with the big chief of my outfit. I feel like I'm progressing.

Google is building a robot army. When the minions of the Leviathan are bereft of all human instict and morality, truly shall we all be held in bondage forevermore. :troll:

You mean the power of being a complete wimp when compared to the other superheroes? I hope not.

Just today I found out that my colleagues have named me 'Batman'. Because at last Friday's party, a bat pooped on me.

If there are any problems in getting the translation done, let me know. I'm no poet, but I speak Finnish.

Happy Finnish Independence Day everyone! Did you know: It is tradition in Finland to light two candles on the window on Independence Day. The tradition of the lit candles is very old and pre-dates the independence of Finland. It is not precisely known how or when it began, but the...

Thank you for the kind words. The husband actually came to my office later on and thanked me for relaying the message - his phone had been on silent as he had been in a meeting (which I sort of pulled him out of). The accident had been minor in the sense that no-one was hurt, though the car...

Today at the office, the wife of a co-worker calls me and tells me that she's been in a traffic accident, can't reach her husband, and asks me to find him and tell him to call her. I naturally say that of course, I'll go get him immediately. Right after I hang up, I get the feeling that maybe...

I think... in the summer of 2018, I'll go sit in Svarte Rudolf, and order one pint for myself, and another one "for a friend who is running a bit late".

There are other factors to be sure, but I think flat-out income is one of the biggies. While there are certainly regional (and individual) differences in what constitutes an acceptable income level to cover the cost of living, if one were to try and get a picture of how the American middle-class...

Agreed for the most part. But I think the traditional view of the middle class includes some savings, to tide the middleclassperson over a rainy day. Certainly not enough to cover extended periods of unemployment, and the inadequacy of any such financial buffer savings that the middle classes...

I doubt your graph was much more than further indication that the relative position of the United States has declined over the past decade, but okay. I think the issue of wealth distribution that you point out is one that many see as the biggest problem in the situation. What may complicate the...

At the risk of sounding strawman-y, I gather from your reply that you refute their findings on the grounds of cherry-picking, and in your opinion there is nothing substantially wrong with the situation of the American middle class?

A lot has been written about the decline of the American middle class in the wake of the recent economic downturn. The Huffington Post has conducted an analysis of the trends, and the reading is not very positive. What do you guys think? Is this simply a temporary state of affairs, likely to...

The plan to destroy Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles has ran into difficulties, as they are having a hard time finding a country willing to take the chemicals for disposal. They are currently looking at destroying them out at sea...

We have an accord.

Dude, in 2018, you, me, the summer Sun, and Svarte Rudolf. My treat.

My colleague just quit smoking a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday she also asked me if I'd want to try and cut down. I told her that yeah, basically, but then I'd need something else to do during the breaks. So just now, she has brought a freshly-baked apple pie to work, and told me that I could...