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    Another Alpoesque question on Paper Towels

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    I hang my towels with the towel at the back, just like I do my toilet paper.

     

    Has nothing to do with cats.

     

    When I have how many or how much I want, I jerk the paper sharply up and across. The paper tears at the perforation, as it presses against the remaining roll.

     

    And if, perchance, it does not tear, but pulls more paper out, I just slap the top of the roll towards me and the excess paper rolls back up.

     

    You can't do that if it comes down the front. It takes two hands to tear it off - one to tear and the other to hold the roll, and if you get too much, it is a pain to roll it back on.

     

    My way is the intelligent way, but so many people can't see that.

     

    That's an advantage to living alone - no arguments about how something is done.

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    Schooling in Australia compared to the USA

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    59 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

    There are two 1 week breaks; at Christmas time and again around Easter

    Been a while since you been around school, isn't it?

     

    Christmas is 2 weeks. Always has been - back to when I started school in 1960.

     

    Thanksgiving, which used to be "get out at 1:00 Wednesday, with Thursday and Friday off", is now the entire week.

     

    Easter, which used to be "get out at 1:00 on Good Friday" is now spring break, and I believe it's 2 weeks.

     

    But since you are required by law to go to school 181 days, all these extra weeks of vacation, along with "teacher work days" (which seem to come up one Wednesday a month), are the reasons that the "3-month summer vacation" is now about a month and a half.

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    Schooling in Australia compared to the USA

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    Back when I was going to school, and dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, there were three schools. Elementary School - first through 6th grade. Junior high School - 7, 8, and 9. And high school - 10, 11, and 12. In high school you were also known as a sophomore a Junior and a senior.

     

    When my kids were in school, elementary schools stopped at 5th grade. And there was one school called a sixth grade center. All it taught was sixth grade. And all sixth graders from all over the county were sent to that school.

     

    That lasted a few years. Then 6th grade became part of Junior high School. But it was still only 3 years - 6th, seven, and eight. And it was now called Middle School. 9th graders were now in high school, where they were referred to as freshman.

     

    My relationship with school stopped around '95, so I have no idea how it works now. IF it works now.

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    It's Almost Friday Humor Thread

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    23 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:


     Did you also notice that was Grizzly and not a Black bear?

     

     Grizzlies are not known for their subtlety when they don’t get what they want. 

    I think that might have been a grizzly with the mirror. When he bowed up to scare the other bear he sure looked like he had a hump.

     

    But yeah, this time when the bear was waving for "give me another one", I noticed his hump.

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    It's Almost Friday Humor Thread

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    Did you have sound on the first watching?

     

    When I pushed WATCH IT AGAIN, I suddenly had sound.

     

    It was actually better without the sound. People must make comments.

     

    And speaking of comments, what in the world was that cop going to do when he climbed up to the bear? Pick him up in a bear hug and take him outside?

     

    And that imbecile throwing food to him. I wonder where the bear got the idea that he should come to the house? 🤔 Maybe because somebody at the house was feeding him. 🤬

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