* SALAD DODGER.
An excellent phrase for an overweight person.
* SWAMP-DONKEY
A deeply unattractive person.
* TESTICULATING.
Waving your arms around and talking bollocks.
* BLAMESTORMING.
Sitting round in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a
Project failed, and who was responsible.
* SEAGULL MANAGER.
A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and
Then leaves.
* ASSMOSIS.
The [...]

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A French homestay agency that arranges rooms for tourists to stay here (NY) has asked whether I want to be paid through paypal or a transfer of $ (just about $1200, first time doing it for them; it will be rare) directly to my bank acct. what do you think is better tax-wise? It [...]

I am planning to buy a one bedroom, 600sqf, to turn it into a short-term lease or vacation rentals in october 2007. Since it is located outside of Paris (Sèvres) a 10 mn walk to the nearest subway station, how can I entice people to come and stay at this place. They have so [...]

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I bought a house with my French fiance’ 2 years ago. 1 year ago, he left me to move to Canada to be with his kids and left me with the house, to pay for myself. I am the only person listed on the mortgage, since he wasn’t a US citizen and had [...]

why should obama even consider a plan that the federal government, which has already given over HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of our dollars to banks with bad loans (and who now have their hands out for another TWO TRILLION) open a “national bank” to buy up such bad loans and then sell them in time to [...]

I love my friend “Jane” but her week long birthday celebration is breaking my bank. She wants to go bowling ($35+ when you include snacks and drinks), have a movie night on Friday ($5 – 10 for snacks), AND go to an expensive french restaurant ($40)
Of course because it’s her birthday, we will all [...]

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I’m 26 and I’m thinking about doing pharmacy, law, or med. I took intro Chemistry and Biology at my state school. My average for those was 3.2. My major was Econ and Math with a 3.5 GPA. If I did pharmacy/med, I’d have to do one to two years more of [...]