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--kate (knocking on a wooden desk and hanging dried garlic all over her cube...)
Greg
We're on 667 now, FWIW.
-juice
FWIW, I have no problem with 13 as my birthday's on 7/13 and I turned 13 on a Friday. I guess I've always considered it a good day. Probably because if I didn't I would be one deaply neurotic individual around my birthday every year! LOL!
-Ian
edit: Strange. Even though I was showing page 666 when I posted it put my message and the previous one on to page 667. Oh well.
I proposed on a Friday the 13th. We're getting married on a 13th. 13 has turned into a "lucky" number for me, so no negative superstitions here.
mnsteve: That's great that you do ski patrol work. You should visit UT, we've got a few hills here, too
-utahsteve
TWRX
Cheers!
Paul
:-)
Ross
In Hong Kong, you do not see 4th floors in buildings. In modern buildings they try to disguise this lack by designing a mezzanine level on the third floor with high ceilings, thus providing an excuse to skip to the 5th floor in their counting.
In giving gifts, you NEVER give four of something.
During the influx of Hong Kong immigrants to Canada when the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese was announced in the early 80's, there were stories of the newly arrived citizens in Toronto changing their own house street address numbers to remove any '4's, leaving postmen and other city officials scratching their heads.
This superstition also applies to good numbers as well. The cantonese for 8 (baht), rhymes with faht, which is the work for luck, good luck. So there is competition for addresses, phone numbers, car license plates, with the number 8 on them. Hong Kong used to auction off car licence numbers, I think the highest ever paid was for 8 or 88, or 888. If you see these numbers on a car in Hong Kong, it will most likely be a Mercedes or a Rolls, and you know the owner is an important person indeed.
Steve
-juice
Craig
(from the resident Irishman.)
Cheers Pat.
I read an article last year in Newsweek about cell phone distributors in China. The price is higher for a phone number with a high number of 8s, very low if it has many 4s.
Steve
The other dialect that 4 and death share that almost similar pronunciation is Fujian, I believe. The less refine name for that dialect name would be Hokkien.
8, 88, 888 on license plate...guilty as charged.
-Dave
Cheers Pat.
:-)
Ross
-Brian
MNSteve
You're absolutely correct. The number four is disliked in Japan as well because it is a homonym for "death". However, it has been my experience that the Chinese (particularly in the Hong Kong area) have stronger superstitions around certain numbers.
True story, but I was in charge of naming a product of ours a few years ago. Our products followed a logical progression of numbers and the next one was the 4400. Not suprisingly, our Taiwanese office objected (no so much from Japan, though). We decided that superstition had no place in semiconductor test equipment and kept the number. The product has done well -- it's knocked off some of our competitors and has earned the joke name "double death". ;-)
A quick culture lesson, but much of the culture and language in eastern Asia originated from China. The pronounciation of many words are, as a result, very similar even to this day. The number 4 in Japanese can be pronounced "shi" which is virtually the same as death. I believe it's a little different in Chinese, but it starts with a "sh" sound nonetheless.
Ken
Every time there is an increase in crude there is an immediate increase in gas, now do'nt tell that there are not stockpiles bought at lower prices.
Cheers Pat.
Both cars need gas... going to swing by Costco tomorrow to see what kind of a difference exists there. (It's right next to Home Depot...how convenient!)
Cheers!
Paul
In Cantonese, "4" is pronounced like "say" in American English. In Mandarin, it is more of a "si", with a sibilant emphasis on the s, but much harder to describe.
I congratulate you on pushing away the superstition, and gaining success with the double death. I like it.
Steve
I believe they can price down as much as they want per day, but price increases can only happen once per day. 92/93 octane was going for $1.949-ish.
-Brian
Chinese is a tough language to pronounce with the 5-tones in Mandarin and 7-tones in Cantonese!
Ken
Sometimes Cantonese is described as having 9 tones, but I've never run across the last two.
I'm not a speaker by all means, let alone fluent (ha!), but I find great interest in both dialects and can understand some phrases and conversation. My wife and I found ourselves on a tour boat on the Li River in Guilin with a group of Japanese tourists for some reason. We had a great time comparing languages with an apple farmer on holiday with his buddies without any common language. Hardly got through the numbers, and a few other scattered words, but did recognize some similarities.
For the record, my wife is fluent in Cantonese, and I've had practical experience with the language while living in Hong Kong. Later I took formal classes in Mandarin, where I was accused of having a Cantonese accent. I'd like to learn Japanese, but have never had the time - not to mention I've never had an opportunity to visit aside from waiting rooms at Narita.
Steve
Then for added fun, we have our multiple exchange student 'daughters' from Japan, and our travels there. Beth took 2 years of Japanese at the local State University (SUNY New Paltz) to help keep up with them.
As for me, I am a total disaster at foreign languages. Made a miserable mess of French and Hebrew as a kid. Heck, have a hard enough time with English some days!
Steve
Greg
We should all get jobs with oil companies! LOL
$1.799 here and super is going for 2 bucks per. Ouch.
-juice
example: www.washingtondcgasprices.com
or the one I use: www.twincitiesgasprices.com
They are not for buying gas, but to just find the lowest price in your area.
In the DC area some stations are at $1.54 In Milwaukee $1.66 was the best price.
Many metro areas can be accessed in the US and Canada. Just go to one of the above sites or to gasbuddy.com and navigate from there.
Might help you save a buck or two...
--Jay
Trim level like XS. Premium package available but only with AT. Huh?
No price listed in the document.
TWRX
No moonroof with the 5 speed turbo, bummer. Wonder if it gets Shiftronic.
Nice catch.
-juice
TWRX
Ed should be in heaven right now - the Premium package comes *only* with an automatic, though black leather might get a bit hot in the summer.
-juice
Times like this you realize this is a MAJOR turning point for Subaru. We'll talk about before today, and after today. It's the end of the innocence.
My only hope is that Subaru can maintain its character. That the current owners stay in the fold. That they give Patti a huge bonus for spending this long in the dungeon! ;-)
Seriously, Subaru will now shed it's quirky practical image and gain a new one of performance leadership. The STi led to the Forester XT, which will lead to a Baja Turbo, which will lead to a giant-killer Legacy.
Let the good times roll!
-juice
Ken
Now, the real question is, who will get one first? Ed in a XT Premium? Frank? You? Me?
-juice
Craig
Cheers Pat.
Corner gas station (BP-Amoco) went from $1.569 to $1.759 this morning.
MNSteve
As to frequency of Steves, Daves, etc, I AM THE ONLY SERGE !!!
L'CHAIM ! (To Life)...remember that song from Fiddler On The Roof?
I'm trying to push her towards a Legacy L SE sedan (AT). We could trade in our Jetta, get a basic Legacy L SE sedan and still end up with about the same balance on a car loan.
What do you all think? Should I wait until there are more new product announcements? The SE is very well equipped, however.
Ken
Jim
-mike
Greg
Ken: I wouldn't blame her if she did prefer the L/SE, even when the turbos arrive, for its sheer value. fitzmall.com has them for just $18,773 (sedan, auto).
Too far? Nah. Fly one way, hang with us for a weekend, then drive cross-country like WDB did that time. :-)
My wife liked her V6 (just as yours has a VR6), but we had the same problem - more hassles than it was worth. In fact the only thing we'd even consider doing different is perhaps getting an auto because its the family car.
But no wagon, eh? If you already have a stroller, take it with you to the dealer. Seriously, put it in the trunk, then in the wagon, just showing her that may change her mind.
A Legacy turbo will cost at least $8 grand more and will require premium fuel, cost more to insure, etc. Your ownership costs would increase 40% or so.
mike: you can still enjoy the many little things that you have that even the STi and VDC don't.
-juice
-mike