trinacriabob

podiatrist

I had to think through these contextually, which seemed to help. The first pair: I always think of a domanda as a specific, pointed question, whereas I think questione is more of an issue or topic that warrants discussion The second pair: This is tougher, but I think of spedire as actually standing there at the counter in the post office, whereas mandare could be broader, such as sending regards (ho mandato i miei saluti) or including something within something else (ti ho mandato un assegno con la lettera) The third pair: I think of differente as holding up 2, or 3 items, under scrutiny, whereas I think diverse is a broadbrush description of pluralism (diverse popoli hanno emigrato a Montreal) or comparing 2 or 3 items from a broad sample (tre macchine diverse che produce la General Motors utilizzano il 3800). Thank God it's only 9 cents a minute to Italy. I keep up my Italian by talking to my cousins every couple of weeks and my Sicilian by talking to my melodramatic Mom.

socks

cobbler

This sort of reminds me of the sign they post in ski areas: * those that go out of designated ski areas are liable for the cost of the search and rescue * But this is on a much grander scale, affecting traffic at D.I.A., a critical U.S. airport. The kid's dad is a real knuckle-head, that's for sure.

apple

Happy birthday!

professor

a white 2010 LaCrosse base (CX?) on a major 6-lane boulevard... beautiful engine note as it pulled away from the light... regardless, so damn happy to have mine, at a bargain basement price...

Boa noite, ocnblu Ah esquici que eu moro em California ... e que voce mora na Pennsylvania ... tres horas mais em frente ... entao Bom dia, ocnblu Ok, back to pictures...

me (feeling 'eh' this weekend)

Happy birthday!

dot

curry

Maureen McCormick Hey, we are now over "5/6" (83,333 views) of 100,000 views on this thread...

tractor pull

jaws

that the guardrail would actually retain you... response to thread: bear attack

tentative

curve

marginal

Happy birthday, WMJ and Zeta!

Hey, good to see you post again! You're still down in Brazil, huh? You must like it. Are you speaking Portuguese now? (it's been a while)...or, "voce pode falar Portugues agora?" I got to see Rio de Janeiro for 4 days in April 2003. It's easily the most beautiful city in the world, but I didn't like the "edginess," so I doubt I'll ever go to Brazil again. Oh, yeah, those older ladies on tours probably all have a sense of humor, unless they're with a church group...

vacuum cleaner (isn't there an Oreck dude that owns a vacuum cleaner company?)

Well, more high-schoolish than "little" kid: Q: How many Californians does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Ten. One to do it, and nine to share in the experience.