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Free Sundays (germany) Everything, literally everything is closed on Sundays which is amazing cuz everyone (except from the most essential like doctors, firefighters and the police) have a free day which is awesome!!

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My city is EXTREMELY bilingual, everyone speaks both English and French. You’ll hear people speak both languages in conversations quite often, sometimes in the same sentence. In stores, most of the time, people greet you with both languages and you reply in one of them, which tells them which language you prefer to talk in. They go "Bonjour, Hi!" And you say Bonjour back if you want to continue in French or Hi if you rather speak English. It’s kinda crazy. I’m from Montréal, Canada.

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Experiencing 4 seasons every day. Jacket on, jacket off, it's sunny but it's raining, freezing and windy, then it's hot again... I like to wear shorts and puffer jacket combos for both extremes. Tasmania.

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Having your birthday party look like this: Your livingroom is transformed so that there's a great circle of chairs with a coffeetable in the center. If it's an afternoon party, guests will visit between 14:00 and 17:00 or 18:00 - 21:00, but not both! there's 1 timeslot for friends and 1 for family). As a guest, you arrive, you congratulate the birthday boy or girl, hand over your present. Then you introduce yourself to the group if you don't know them yet. Then, you go over the circle and shake everyone's hand and ALSO congratulate them with so-and-so's birthday. After making your way through the circle, you take your empty chair and that is now your seat for the rest of the party. After everyone arrived, the birthday person will bring you a piece of cake and a beverage (usually coffee or tea). Everyone eats their cake and talks to the person sitting next to him/her. After everyone is done, there'll be a tour of the house and any new things will be pointed out to you. Now is your moment to ask some questions like "oh, was it expensive?" and also compliment the host on how great it is. After the tour there'll be another round of food and drinks, snacks will be laid out on the coffeetable, but you shouldn't eat much of it. This is the only food that will be brought out and everyone has to share it. After guests were there for about 3 hours they'll leave again. Everyone knows they're expected to leave but you need to come off as really wanting to stick around longer but you just couldn't because the dog needs to go for a walk or something, make up any excuse that sounds probable. Then, repeat the cycle again in the evening with the other group. The weekend after that, invite your close friends to come over and have the real party.

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Today (in Japan)over a hundred people lined up (staggered for social distancing) at 9:00 am on a Saturday. First one hundred get a ticket. At 10:30 we all line up again. One at a time we draw a number; 1 to 5. Then we go over to a big basin of the best quality of rice and take as many scoops as the number we drew. You are encourage to make each scoop heaping. This is not a food bank thing (I hope) just the promise of “good rice” draws a crowd. It was at a roadside tourist shop/complex.

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Free public transport in the whole country: buses, trains, trams.

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30 Things That People Regret Buying, As Shared By The Bored Panda Community

As an IT guy I agree. For what most people use laptops for, one costing a third of the price would do exactly the same job just as well. And the dock to connect anything to it is just SO expensive for what it is!

Hey Pandas, What Is One Thing You Regret Buying That You Still Have?

A college degree. I haven't been able to use it at all. I got BS's (Law Enforcement and Forensic Anthropology) and a BA (Pre-Law). Couldn't get a job. Then went back to a Community College for an Associates of Applied Science in Accounting. Now working for an international firm making the most money I've ever earned. Wish I'd known before wasting all that money.

30 Things That People Regret Buying, As Shared By The Bored Panda Community

Hey Pandas, What Is One Thing You Regret Buying That You Still Have?

30 Things That People Regret Buying, As Shared By The Bored Panda Community

Donate it to a school. With this working.... from home im sure there is someone who cant afford one and could really help them out

Hey Pandas, What Is One Thing You Regret Buying That You Still Have?

My first tattoo. I walked in and picked a piece of flash off the wall featuring a Chinese word that (you guessed it) was badly translated. Every other tattoo I have has either been designed by me or I worked with the artist to design it. Technically I still have my first tattoo, I just got it covered up.

50 Times People Had Brilliant Design Ideas

Tetris shapes for the win

50 Times People Had Brilliant Design Ideas

it'd been epic if the pages could be moved to adjust the height

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

I like the idea of napping software - any suggestions on how I can get my hands on some?

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

I still think it's a cool gig. I'm an introvert and love being left alone to work.

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

Alone for eight hours on rural roads? This is my dream job.

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

My husband went to college for mechanical engineering. Left after 2 years because he could tell it would ultimately be a desk job. He wanted to be in the shop building and fixing and making it work by the power of his brain and hands - not the power of a computer. Most brilliant mechanical mind of anyone I've ever met, and he's happy in his own shop!

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

If you're bored, go to google street view of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Somebody was paid to walk around with the camera on their back, in Antarctica! (my husband worked in McMurdo for a few years, he loved to see the street view and act as tour guide for me!)

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"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

Being a wizard. People think it's all cool spells and magic artifacts and fighting bad guys but most of the time it's riding for days on poorly maintained roads and talking to people trying to figure out how you can help, or trying to de-escalate their arguments with one another. There is no one to ask if the quest you have in mind is going to succeed, you need to sound convincing to the right people and then you are anxious for the next months or years that your adventure could be the death of the group. Living for thousands upon thousands of years has its good sides sure, but it's just as hard moving on from losing loved ones. And in the business you end up in a lot of dangerous situations with people you get to be very close to so losing loved ones you will. During peaceful times the job is a lot of party tricks and magic fireworks, that's pretty joyous actually.

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

why not? a little physical labor wont hurt...come kids, se how fun is to be a Victorian chimney sweeper. or child worker in a textila factory...lower chances for survival make things more fun

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

I am a writer: each week I write some 10 humouristic short stories for an important newspaper and each 2-3 years I make a selection (with my editor at the publishing house) of the best stories, for a new book (some 350 pages each). I think constant writing is the best way to do it, but I must admit there are days when my inspiration is far, far away. Writing in some of these days is not a pleasure anymore (sometimes I pick one of my old texts from the archive, some 5-6 years ago, change it a bit and reuse it).

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

But... They knew that before, didn't they?

"Which Job Is A LOT Less Fun Than Most People Expect?" 35 Of The Most Honest Responses

See, still sounds delightful.

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Working at a Charles Dickens fair is... Interesting, but not incredibly fun. It is hard to stay in character, and people get so mad when they see the Alice in Wonderland area. Yeah, we know it's not Charles Dickens, but we can't have a kids play area in the world of Oliver Twist, okay?

Guy Shares 12 'Facts That Can Save Your Life'

Tilly Smith was 10; saved her own life, her family and many more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Smith

Guy Shares 12 'Facts That Can Save Your Life'

True only if there is at least one network with some signal. If you really are out in the wilds, with zero signal on any network, it is not going to work. Your phone should tell you whether you can do this - mine says "Emergency Calls Only".

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This College Made A Water Bottle With A Map Of The Campus On It. It Also Shows Places Where You Can Fill It Up

People Who Had Signed NDAs That Have Now Expired Share What Secrets They Were Supposed To Protect (35 Answers)

Must be some high quality clothes if you can neither see nor smell that somebody wore it a whole day before.

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This Homeless Man Is Found By His Family Who Thought He Had Been Dead For 10 Years After His Transformation Photos Go Viral

looks like he did. a bad one though. worldwide fame for the barber/clothes shop in return for three shirts, a haircut, a beard trim and a (presumably useless) jacket.

This Homeless Man Is Found By His Family Who Thought He Had Been Dead For 10 Years After His Transformation Photos Go Viral

story starts with "Some people aren’t as lucky as others. Life treats them way worse and they end up at the bottom. Losing their home, family. Made to roam the streets hoping to find cans and other goods in order to survive and eat... but his luck was about to change" ending with his decision to stay on the streets because he feels free. didn't the post author know the end of the story when he started writing it? obviously the streets is not the bottom for joão. perhaps family life is. his sister is pretty decent/sweet looking but he looks diminished in his photo with his sister for example.

30 Women Before And After Their Bridal Makeup By Arber Bytyqi (New Pics)

and beautiful foreheads too!

Someone Shares 28 Useful Tips, Links, And Info On Grammar, Essay Writing, And Doing Research In A Viral Twitter Thread

making an essay longer should not be a valid aim for students. it should not be encouraged by instructers. maybe there was a time saying simple things with more words looked better somehow but this is not the case any longer. in fact it's the opposite, academic articles, for example need to be much shorter due to the quantity of journals and writers as well as the increasing similarity between all online sources.