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I can never remember what L10n stands for. Biing a geek, that is not helpful at all.
For those of you still reading:
L10n = Localisation.
L18n = Internationalisation
a11y = Accessibility
g11n = Globalisation
I can remember the second 2 easily. Came across the last one while writing this post. (the number represents the number of letters deleted...)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
ok then. what does r12m mean.
i'll give u tree guesses
Don't just do something! Stand there.
no idea.
Probably something to do with countryside?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
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Don't just do something! Stand there.
lol@ms i just read your umbrella ordeal i feel bad just hearing what you went through, but it made me smile! that's why i hate umbrellas unsuitable in severe gusts that we get in the uk.
invest in a bangladeshi umbrella nah it's not made of fish lol. maybe ones in pakistan are made the same i'm not sure. But they tend to always be black, and its' made from some tough sort of fabric, not the teflon stuff used on umbrellas in the uk. The entire frame is a lot more stronger aswell, i always use them in autumn when its very windy, never turned inside out.
Ask a bengali mate to get you one. Otherwise get a hooded coat. I prefer hoods to brollies, but i think a lota women prefer umbrellas for some.
oh brother yaqub thanks for your advice about my ingratitude i suppose i shouldn't expect anything. but i duno im not a saint i was just thinking it's good manners to acknowledge a gift, least that's what my mother taught me. You're right of course, but im not a saint . So in conclusion ii concur with Dave choke her loool.
-In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.
-Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death tilting vending machines towards them in the hope of a free can of drink.
-Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
Don't just do something! Stand there.
not necessarily. I have done it a couple of times but only because the damn machine chewed up my money and didnt give me my chocolate
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
There are more clever ways of getting freebies outta vending machines rather than resorting to tilting them.
([size=7]for more info... go to youtube and look up vending machines [/size]:twisted: )
Back in BLACK
:shock:
gosh, there are some really sad people out there :roll:
-People need less sleep in the summer (up to 6 hours).
-People who sleep less are less likely to be depressed - and people who sleep too much or too less die younger.
-Eskimo's used to sleep up to 14hours a day.
im not depressed! bit grouchy at times but defo not depressed.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at Least 6 feet away
from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen
wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all
the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson
Clinton.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's
nuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
On average people fear spiders more than death.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
A snail can sleep for three years.
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
stop growing. SCARY!!!
A dentist invented the electric chair.
All polar bears are left-handed.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including
their eyebrows and eyelashes.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
one row of the keyboard.
"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
this one actually works fantastically.
plus apple don't give u a headache
Don't just do something! Stand there.
ppl always laugh when i tell them that when i eat apples i get this tingly feeling in my cheeks
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
my friend is allergic to bananas and i'm allergic to oranges (also can't find a word that rhymes with oranges)!
Don't just do something! Stand there.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown, BUT it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and slap them
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
Some of what I’ve learnt over the course of the last 3weeks.
-All year round people wait for the blessed month of Ramadan. This is because any good deed that you do is multiplied by 70. And if you’re really really sincere, you may get up to a reward of 700. However, one single Salah in Medinah tun Munawarrah is worth 1000 and one Salaah in the Haram of Makkah is worth 100,000. Heck, you even get rewarded for just looking at the Kabah. So if anyone wants to rack them up. Those are the places to visit.
-Visiting such Holy places puts your life into perspective. If you thought you was pretty much ‘awake’ before. This place will totally change your outlook.
-Only in the blessed cities of Makkah and Medinah tun Munawarrah can you sit in the streets in the middle of the night, enjoying an ice – cream/cup of tea surrounded by boxes of JVC Camcorders and TV’s that the shopkeepers have left out for the night – trusting in God and in people who have come to visit this blessed place.
- Its only when you sit in the blessed Mosques, with someone from Philippines, America, Jordan, India, UK, Egypt, Syria, Nigeria, etc etc etc, all under one roof, can you truly experience what Multiculturalism is all about – …something that London is unnecessarily very proud about.
-Wearing an Ihraam brings you back down to Earth….. its very easy to have a very high opinion of yourself (which is usually noticed when one is easily offended)…but when you’re wearing a Ihraam, is doesn’t matter how many designer handbags you own, what kind of car you drive or how many qualifications you hold….when you’re standing by the magnificent house of God, you’re just a mere face amongst many. And the only thing that makes you stand out in front of your Lord is the state of your heart…something that is only between you and your Lord.
- Only in the blessed cities of Makkah and Medinah tun Munawarrah can you not have to spend 30minutes trying to match your Hijaab with your purse and eye shadow…or try to make sure that you look better than the next gal….. In fact its liberating and stress free having to wear the same uniform as everyone else.
-Hajj/Umrah packages are a rip off.
-Arabs do not like foreigners. By law a non Saudi National has to pay for his children’s education and Medical care – which Saudi Nationals get for free. And even, if your born and bred in Saudia Arabia, you are still not entitled to Nationality (if your not a Arab)
-In Saudi three types of people get their problems heard and sorted out straight away, get doors held opened for them, get to jump the queue and can even make the elderly leave the place for them on the bus (much like America in the 50’s)….these are the Arab National, those who hold a UK passport and those who hold a American passport.
-Non Muslims are not allowed in the haram of Makkah and Medinah tun Munawarrah….. I was told by a Arab National as he sipped his coffee from Starbucks holding shopping bags from Marks and Spencers.
-‘It is ‘haraam’ to take pictures of the Masjid ul Nabwi and the Kabah. However, there is nothing wrong with the camera crew disturbing Tawaaf so that they can record the Imam of the Kabah leading the prayer, nor is there nothing wrong with grinning pictures of their beloved kings and princes on every Saudi Riyal and posters that are plastered on many streets.
-Its depressing coming back to a spiritually ‘dead’ place and returning to the rat race.
that was really good Muslim Sister - you're very lucky
is it possible to keep some of the noor of the holy place in our hearts forever and to carry it around to lighten our darkest hours so that no hours remain dark any more - i think maybe it is
or may be a portion of the heart remains there in the holy land and is only satisfied when we go back to it
the 1p coin is only legal tender up to the value of 20p.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
I guess that means you can't hold up the bus by paying with pennies. That's to deter the wishing-well divers or keep them in one place until the police arrive.
Apart from the £1 and £2 coins, all others are legal tender to 20x their value from what I see.
Oh, it gets better than that. Let's assume a person buys a product or service. Hands over £50 for it (lets assume in some form of legal tender).
The receiver can refuse to accept it. Not only that, He can take the person to court for non payment. Genius!
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Don't know.
The buyer would probably have to show a commitment to pay, ie trying to pay, and thus "get away" (but I am not a lawyer, and law is not about common sense...)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
But sometimes juries and magistrates are. Sometimes.
That when engaging in conversation with anybody on this forum its a good idea to ask their AGE first!!! Just youngsters with lots to learn.. May Allah guide them.
-I’ve learnt that one should never fully trust someone who is speaking their own language in front of your face. ..also, never assume or ‘guess’ what a person is talking about. Cos too often, people are left with the wrong end of the stick.
A few days ago it was my first parents evening. A couple of parents did not speak English and therefore employed older siblings to be their translator.
Those meetings were a disaster.
I didn’t believe that the older sibling was conveying the correct message. I was telling the translator that the child was poor in class – but the happiness that was seen on the parents face, made me wonder whether they received the right message.
Also, there were instances where I was trying to explain to the translator, in the nicest way possible that their younger brother/sister was “difficult” or needed to put in “more effort”…where what I really meant was their younger brother/sister was an absolute pain, the laziest child I have ever met and headache to teach. Obviously, I couldn’t say it like that – however, unfortunately the translators didn’t always convey the message the way I wanted them too.
In another instance, I was talking about a child’s academic ability, but the mothers poor grasp of English made her think that I was talking about headscarf’s?! Or maybe she just wanted to talk about headscarfs rather than her lazy child?
-One needs to sort out their character and relationships with others when they're young cos when your old, irritable and dependent on others.
No one will want to know you.
Giraffes only need 1.9 hours of total sleep a day (on average)
To be beautiful is to expect nothing in return.
Don't just do something! Stand there.
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