Hmmm, I'm not convinced. There doesn't seem to be anything on the internet about this corn that's more than a few days old. If this is a real variety of corn surely it hasn't just been discovered in the last week?
There are plenty of people who should be in front of the drug addicts in the queue. There are plenty of totally useless parents who would not qualify for adoption, but keep on spawning kids.
I recall this being common back in the seventies. And the reason I recall it was that it was one of the uses of English that teachers always picked kids up on.
So, no it's not the modern idiom, it's been around for decades.
When it comes to manners answering your phone when in company sends out a clear message that you think the person on the phone is more important than the people in your company. As such I tend to just get up and walk when somebody answers their phone in my company. If they're not interested in me, then I'm not interested in them.
A while ago we were in a group of six in the pub when one of our number answered their phone. He stood up and walked to the other end of the bar to take the call. Without any discussion the rest of us finished our drinks and headed for the next pub.
It's amazing how many "inventions" these days are just more complicated and expensive ways of implementing things that already exist. Often people count things as inventions simply because they are a supposedly more stylish implementation of an existing technique.
An invention proper is something that does a job that needs doing for which no tool already exists or something that does a job more effectively, efficiently, simply or cost effectively than existing tools.
A US based multinational once threatened a friend of mine because of the car he drove to work. He was told that his car did not fit in with the image the company wanted to project and he should either get a new car or look for another job. So this doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Actually stupidity is a disability. However, it is not a physical disability and as such isn't one that would allow you to use that space.
Oh and Dan, the "intenational" colour code is not in use in all countries. In the UK for example all new extinguishers should be red, with a small coloured label to indicate their type. However as many have pointed out before Joe public won't generally know the colour code and it is therefore much better to have written instructions.
It's clear that colleges and universities in many countries must be using tuition fees paid by academic students to fund their sporting programs. This is a ridiculous situation in a world where tuition fees are rising faster than inflation.
I just don't see sport as being something colleges should be involved in other than on a purely amateur basis. Academic students competing against each other or other colleges is one thing, but giving out "scholarships" to students based purely on their athletic prowess is a joke. Colleges are supposed to be academic institutions, not sporting bodies.
If you don't qualify for college on a purely academic basis then you have no right to be there. Especially if your sport is costing the faculty money and you are therefore potentially depriving an academically able student of a place.
Soubriquet some claim sail is still an economic way of transporting none perishable cargoes, but the argument is flawed. While sail saves on fuel it does not save on crew wages. A sailing vessel would require a larger crew than a powered vessel add to that the fact that a longer voyage would take more man hours and the crew wages would far outstrip the cost of fuel.
And of course many steam powered merchantmen were built during the war meaning that there was a supply of powered shipping to replace the sailing vessels which had been laid up.
Today it may be possible to build a sailing vessel requiring a smaller crew, particularly using kites rather than masts and sails, but nobody seems to be interested in doing so. Since Jones and Merry invented the Flexifoil there have been several ideas put forward for large kite powered vessels, but none seem to have made it to production. The beauty of kite power is of course that it can be applied to a powered vessel. So that it can be used to supplement or replace the normal propulsion when wind conditions are right. This may become popular as fuel prices rise further.
That's as dumb as those people who drive miles to the gym only to workout on an exercise bike or treadmill. They pay a fortune for the gym membership (and of course the fuel) without seeming to realize that they could just cycle or walk.
Lewis you don't saute in an oven you do it in a pan over a ring. To saute you transfer heat rapidly from the pan to the food, if you did it an an oven the heat would be coming from the surrounding air.
I find that a lot of people confuse sauteing with sweating, which could be where somebody would get the idea that it would take 10 minutes to saute onions.
So, no it's not the modern idiom, it's been around for decades.
When it comes to manners answering your phone when in company sends out a clear message that you think the person on the phone is more important than the people in your company. As such I tend to just get up and walk when somebody answers their phone in my company. If they're not interested in me, then I'm not interested in them.
A while ago we were in a group of six in the pub when one of our number answered their phone. He stood up and walked to the other end of the bar to take the call. Without any discussion the rest of us finished our drinks and headed for the next pub.
It's amazing how many "inventions" these days are just more complicated and expensive ways of implementing things that already exist. Often people count things as inventions simply because they are a supposedly more stylish implementation of an existing technique.
An invention proper is something that does a job that needs doing for which no tool already exists or something that does a job more effectively, efficiently, simply or cost effectively than existing tools.
Oh and Dan, the "intenational" colour code is not in use in all countries. In the UK for example all new extinguishers should be red, with a small coloured label to indicate their type. However as many have pointed out before Joe public won't generally know the colour code and it is therefore much better to have written instructions.
I just don't see sport as being something colleges should be involved in other than on a purely amateur basis. Academic students competing against each other or other colleges is one thing, but giving out "scholarships" to students based purely on their athletic prowess is a joke. Colleges are supposed to be academic institutions, not sporting bodies.
If you don't qualify for college on a purely academic basis then you have no right to be there. Especially if your sport is costing the faculty money and you are therefore potentially depriving an academically able student of a place.
If by average you mean median then by definition there are as many people who are above average as below.
And of course many steam powered merchantmen were built during the war meaning that there was a supply of powered shipping to replace the sailing vessels which had been laid up.
Today it may be possible to build a sailing vessel requiring a smaller crew, particularly using kites rather than masts and sails, but nobody seems to be interested in doing so. Since Jones and Merry invented the Flexifoil there have been several ideas put forward for large kite powered vessels, but none seem to have made it to production. The beauty of kite power is of course that it can be applied to a powered vessel. So that it can be used to supplement or replace the normal propulsion when wind conditions are right. This may become popular as fuel prices rise further.
I find that a lot of people confuse sauteing with sweating, which could be where somebody would get the idea that it would take 10 minutes to saute onions.