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Dec 15, 2015 16:10Blogs : alshort01 Posted a new blog PROUDLY NIGGARDLY AND STILL BUDGETING
The word, niggardly, meaning stingy or miserly, is seldom used in the West anymore. It apparently sounds too much like a racial slur to the politically correct rule makers in allegedly developed countries. Actually, the word comes from the Old Norse verb nigla, which means "to fuss about small matters". It has ...
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Dec 15, 2015 14:51Blogs : alshort01 Posted a new blog PIDGEONS AND PILOTS
Mr Chen and his wife live in a shack on the roof of the adjacent building with their pidgeons. I can see them from my kitchen windows. Sometimes they wave and mutter “lao wai” to one another when they see me cooking breakfast. They breed racing pidgeons but sell the slow ones to bird restaurants on nearby Anda Lu ...
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Dec 15, 2015 14:18Blogs : alshort01 Posted a new blog LAZINESS AND LACK OF MOTIVATION
Laziness is a big problem everywhere these days. Some people think parents, friends and governments should provide everything they want. Obvious laziness is easy to see all around the world where recent rising living standards have brought on large scale indolence. Why has this happened and how can stagnant ...
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