aspects of real-life experiences or real-life events? One of my personal examples is that I never knew a thing about street gangs and the violence they exacted on the city I ... moreaspects of real-life experiences or real-life events? One of my personal examples is that I never knew a thing about street gangs and the violence they exacted on the city I was raised in and especially not in the neighborhood where I grew up and in the schools I had attended all my life. I left that city at age 18 and never lived there again. I was well beyond age 30 or 35 when I began to learn a lot about the origin of street gangs in the US dating back to the early 1900s but exploding during Prohibition (1920 to 1933). Due to an almost uneventful upbringing in regard to crime in general and gang activity in particular, I thought that the problem occurred on “other” places. I soon found out that my hometown (which is a large metropolitan city) was just as much inundated with street gangs as Chicago, Saint Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, etc. It turns out that there were several thousand gang members who belonged to dozens of rival and allied gangs in my very city the entire ... less
Eg A lent B $90. so on payday A goes to B to collect but B says he/she did not get paid but tells A to go to C and collect $90 that C owes B. C says he/she does not owe any money t... moreEg A lent B $90. so on payday A goes to B to collect but B says he/she did not get paid but tells A to go to C and collect $90 that C owes B. C says he/she does not owe any money to B and never did. So A goes back to B 'gimme my $90'! B says ok but I can't give you the money until I collect off that deadbeat C.And so it goes.
*Not every child is or was brought up by biological parents, and not every pair of biological parents has only that one relationship or “coupling” under his or h... more
*Not every child is or was brought up by biological parents, and not every pair of biological parents has only that one relationship or “coupling” under his or her belt. For that reason, no assumption is made in asking this question that each and every one of us was raised by our biological parents, nor is there an assumption that everyone’s biological parents only had that one relationship either before, during, or after your conception.BACKGROUND. I am the product of my mother’s third of six pregnancies, which were themselves sired by at least four different men. My childhood was far from the nuclear family setting that may or may not exist in reality for others. My mother married and divorced twice, the first one I was much too young to know anything about, and the latter one just prior to my 15th birthday. Neither of her husbands were my biological father, a person to this day I have never known. One thing that always impresses me about my mother and stepfather was that no... less
I've always LOVED chocolate cakeI was maybe about ten years old at a big get-together with people of all ages
Everyone had brought food to shareI took a big piece of chocolate cake... moreI've always LOVED chocolate cakeI was maybe about ten years old at a big get-together with people of all ages
Everyone had brought food to shareI took a big piece of chocolate cakeI took a biteBUTit was NOT chocolate cake . . . . . . it was "Chocolate Mocha Cake" (or some sort of godawful coffee flavor in it)I wasn't so old as this guy in the gif but that was my reaction
1 “The Godfather” (1972)2 “The Godfather Part II” (1974)3 “The Godfather Part III” (1980)4 Both 1 and 2 share equal footing with me as be... more
1 “The Godfather” (1972)2 “The Godfather Part II” (1974)3 “The Godfather Part III” (1980)4 Both 1 and 2 share equal footing with me as being among my favorite movies5 Both 2 and 3 share equal footing with me as being among my favorite movies6 Both 1 and 3 share equal footing with me as being among my favorite movies7 I like all three of the movies.8 I do understand that you’re asking for responses only from people who like one or more of the three movies in the franchise, one of whom I am not, but I want to reply anyway so that all the world knows that I do not like any of the them9 Two or more of the above answers, namely:______
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This question was inspired by a discussion on another post about turnpikes and thruways. On the east coast people call freeways expressways, but in the central USA freeways a... moreThis question was inspired by a discussion on another post about turnpikes and thruways. On the east coast people call freeways expressways, but in the central USA freeways and expressways are two different things. In the middle of the country, a freeway is a highway that has at least four lanes, has a grassy area or wall in the center and has only exit and entrance ramps and bridges.
An expressway is a highway that has at least four lanes, has a grassy area or wall in the center, but it has regular intersections at some junctions, traffic lights spaced far apart and bridges with exit and entrance ramps at some other junctions. So, what do people on the east coast call that kind of highway? less
