We could possibly make them take a TEST, in order to see if they deserve a holiday ;)

Surely you JEST. ;)

Well, this was JUST a suggestion....

We MUST do our best to keep our Superheroes working as 'amateurs' and stop them turning pro.

I respectfully disagree. If you DUST off a dictionary and look up "amateur", you will see it refers to someone who performs a sport or hobby for pleasure, or someone who is not skillful at an activity. I hope that doesn't describe a superhero! :rolleyes:

Does a superhero have a DUTY to perform superheroic acts, or does (s)he do it for pleasure? If the latter, "amateur" is an appropriate description.

A superhero DULY responds to a compulsion which is beyond what a normal person would experience. I'm an amateur radio operator (the main hobby which embraces the term "amateur"), but I can't consider such activities in the same category as those of a superhero, IMHO. ;)

An amateur radio operator (like a Superhero) does not lead a DULL life. They both do what they do for the love of the sport (as an amateur) imho.

The title of 'Amateur' has been eroded in recent years methinks...........

I will MULL over those comments. We need a high-tech superhero who communicates rapidly in Morse Code (the first variable-length binary code, invented 170 years ago).
.... .. (HI, which is a laugh in Morse). :p

A run of the MILL post, to keep the game ticking over, and make EMD less dormant.

Those of us nicknamed BILL appreciate the chance to post our nom de plume. :D

I WILL post too. Just for the heck of it.

Speaking from experience: with age, the mind grows slower and more WILY

Speaking also from experience, we will all (unfortunately) WILT eventually ;)

As Starbucks found, you shouldn't sell GILT before it's time.

I wouldn't mind receiving the said $450 card as a Christmas GIFT - hint, hint...

A nice Christmas gift would give me a LIFT for sure ;)

When a New Yorker Orders Coffee in a Deli: The Meanings

Regular Coffee or just "Coffee" - That's coffee plus plenty of milk and sugar. Got it? You don't have to say milk and sugar. You'll get that thrown in like a bonus. It's your lucky day, champ.
Milk and sugar - Why would you order coffee like that? Why do you have so much time? You can't just say "regular?" Isn't that wasting less of everyone else's time? Yes, sometimes the idiot behind the counter doesn't know. Stop going to that deli unless the next one is more than one block away.
Dark - A little milk.
LITE or "light" - A lot of milk. More than a regular.
Extra-lite or "extra-light" - More milk than a lite. You got to be lactose tolerant to order this way.
Sweet and lite - Lots of sugar, lots of milk.
No sugar - Say it twice. Say it loud. Say it clear. The default is "with sugar." You got this, diabetics? Consider this a public service announcement.

Shamelessly copied from this source.

Do those delis CITE the calories for each of those choices?

It would be quite CUTE if they did.

It might CURE a few ills, if they changed their default for sugar and milk ;)

Ah, they LURE you in with sugar and milk, then throw in some flavored caffeine to keep you awake. :rolleyes:

PURE, unadulterated, genuine coffee works fine for me ;)

You'll get such a coffee in PURI Beach.

With a great cup of coffee and looking at a glorious vista, it would indeed bring joy to one's heart.

So break out the PIRI and play a happy tune!

I just asked SIRI where I could find a good cup of coffee and she showed me some interesting places I hadn't discovered.

And wherefore can I find this Siri, SIRE ? :)

Siri has his/her own web SITE. Use your favourite websearch engine....

Siri is a guru who SITS with her legs crossed in apples and provides wondrous answers to your many questions. She is not a worm.

Wow, I will have to take a peek ;) - here is a video of a Texan, who HITS 200 MPH, on the freeway no less.

Now, keep your HATS on, folks ... that's Texas State Highway 130. The section with high speed limits (and where the sports car was tested before that new section of highway was opened) is a tollway, not a freeway as was suggested. In most areas of Texas, the tolls are now collected via RFID toll transponders On some toll roads, you will be billed using license plate cameras (at a higher rate) if your vehicle doesn't have the toll tag attached.

I HATE toll roads...:mad:

So how would you RATE the toll roads in Europe? :D

Well, on RARE occasions I do use them..

If you CARE for a nice drive (in summer) the Coquihalla Highway is as pretty a sight as you can see. It used to be a toll road until 1987.

ps: there is a webcam on the summit which I wanted to show but it seems to be down

It's certainly not the CASE now.:p

For twenty years you could spend your CASH on the 30 mile Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike.

I'm going to a New Year BASH in that area.

I hope you didn't DASH out on the road after the party without a designated driver. :eek:

No, I had some spare DOSH on me. so I took a taxi home