22nd Mar 2012 About Marriage ...

• A woman worries about her future until she finds a husband; a man never worries about the future until he takes a wife.

• Advice to person about to marry - Don't. First appeared in Punch magazine, in 1845.

• My wife says I never listen, or something like that ...

• Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.

• Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his bachelor's degree and the woman gets her master's.

• It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.

• Don't marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper.

• Marriage lets you annoy one special person for the rest of your life.

• Basically, my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.

  Confucius say, 'Man who sinks into woman's arms; soon has his arms in woman's sink.'

• Married couples, who love each other, tell each other a thousand things without talking. - Chinese Proverb

  Marriage is like wine - It gets better with age.

• Successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

  It was an emotional wedding. The mother of the bride cried. Even the cake was in tiers.

 

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22nd Mar 2012 The 9 Unique Streets In The World

1. Shortest Street in the World , Ebenezer Place – Scotland


Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in). In 2006 it surpassed the previous record (5.2 m, 17 ft) set by Elgin Street, Bacup, Lancashire. The street has only one address: the front door of No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel.


The street originated in 1883, when Ebenezer Place was constructed; the owner of the building, a hotel at the time, was instructed to paint a name on the shortest side of the hotel. It was officially declared a street in 1887.

 
2. The Narrowest Street in the World (Spreuerhofstraße) – Germany

 
Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street, found in the city of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It ranges from 31 centimetres (12.2 in) at its narrowest to 50 centimetres (19.7 in) at its widest.


The lane was built in 1727 during the reconstruction efforts after the area was completely destroyed in the massive city-wide fire of 1726 and is officially listed in the Land-Registry Office as City Street Number 77.


3. Most Complicated Interchange in US, Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange – Los Angeles, USA


The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is situated in Los Angeles, CA and is one of the most complicated interchanges in the country. It permits entry and exit in all directions between the I-105 and the I-110. It’s a stack interchange with layers of bridges making a complicated network of roads allowing smooth flow of traffic though both the interstate highways. This interchange was opened in 1993. It is a 4 level interchange with a restricted access lane that can be used by high-occupancy vehicles.


4. Most Crooked Street in US, Lombard St – San Francisco, USA

The street is famous for a small section near the top of Russian Hill, between Hyde and Leavenworth streets. Here the hill is so steep (27°) that it would be too dangerous for most vehicles, so between 1922 and 1923 this part of Lombard Street was transformed into a switchback with eight sharp turns. Cars can only drive downhill, east-bound towards Leavenworth Street.

The crooked section of the street, which is about 1/4 mile (400 m) long, is reserved for one-way traffic traveling east (downhill) and is paved with red bricks. The speed limit in this section is 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h).

5. The Steepest Street in the World, Baldwin Street – New Zealand


Baldwin Street in a suburban part of New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, is considered the world's steepest residential street. It is located in the suburb of North East Valley, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 MI) northeast of Dunedin's city centre.


A short straight street a little under 350 metres (1,150 ft) long, Baldwin Street runs east from the valley of the Lindsay Creek up the side of Signal Hill towards Opoho, rising from 30 m (98 ft) above sea level at its junction with North Road to 100 m (330 ft) above sea level at the top, an average slope of slightly more than 1:5. Its lower reaches are only moderately steep, and the surface is asphalt, but the upper reaches of this cul-de-sac are far steeper, and surfaced in concrete (200 m (660 ft) long), for ease of maintenance and for safety in Dunedin's frosty winters. At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is about 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) – that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the elevation rises by 1 metre.


6. Widest Street in the World, 9 De Julio – Buenos Aires, Argentina


Buenos Aires, Argentina, features the widest avenue in the world. At over 300 feet wide, 9 de Julio Avenue occupies a gap of an entire block in the city grid, hence its incredible width. Crossing the avenue at street level often requires a few minutes, as all intersections have traffic lights. Under normal walking speed, it takes pedestrians normally two to three green lights to cross its twelve lanes of traffic.


7. Longest Street in the World, Yonge St – Ontario, Canada


The Longest Street in the World is Yonge Street (pronounced “young”), referred to as “Main Street Ontario”, connects the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto in Canada to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Actually, it starts on the Toronto lakeshore and winds its way northwesterly along Highway 11 to Rainy River, Ontario, at the Minnesota border. Yonge Street is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world at 1.896 km (1.178 mi), and the construction of this street is designated an Event of National Historic Significance.


8. Largest Roundabout in the World, Putrajaya – Malaysia


World's Largest Roundabout (Putrajaya - Malaysia) Putrajaya is in the south of Kuala Lumpur. It is a new political center, the loop length of it is 3.4 km. The roundabout is situated around a beautiful hill and green parks.


9. Most Confusing Roundabout in the World, Magic Roundabout – Swindon, UK

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England was constructed in 1972 and consists of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. In 2009 it was voted the fourth scariest junction in Britain, in a poll by Britannia Rescue. To be fair, once understood this intersection is amazingly functional and actually designed to reduce overall congestion. However, it is certainly an urban wonder and highly perplexing to the uninitiated.

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22nd Mar 2012 Baggage Of Life, Just In Case

A lady friend of mine just returned to Spain where she lives now, from England where she used to and now visits often to see family & friends. As she did after each and every visit in the last 5 years since we became sort of friends, complained bitterly about Ryan Air, the low-cost airline. That she always had 'Huge' problems with not being allowed to carry on board more than just a small hand luggage. ( one of the reasons being much cheaper than regular flights of other airlines) Her argument is 'what if it suddenly turned very cold (hot), what if somebody invites you to a posh restaurant (a formal dinner dance, wedding), what if you got sick and need to stay there for a month instead of 2 week & a dozen other etc. In addition the 2 or 3 novels they 'must' have 'in case' there's a delay of the plane, train, or bus. (They can read at home every & any day, why go abroad to read instead of enjoying new surroundings or scenery beats me)

I have also known other people in the past, including men, but more so as always women, who go for a one week stay to a beach hotel, taking with them 2 or 3 suitcases full of everything they think they might need 'just in case', including things they themselves know well they won't need but, 'just in case'.

I leaned since my early teen years from my profession as a fashion, photographic and advertising model, having to travel a lot internationally, staying in hotels almost more than at home, taking excess baggage would be a real nightmare. Thanks to that profession too, I have also learned to make the same clothes look different but varying with different ways of combination, different accessories, turning casual day-wear into more formal or glamorous evening looks. I sometimes pin the same pair of earrings on my hair or on my shoes, even on my handbag. And the scarf can be used as a waist-belt, or wind round the piled up hair. If I lost one earring, I just wore 2 different ones, and found some girls copying!

I think the same principal should be applied on life itself. Never carry unnecessary baggage, only the essential and dump the burdens, to leave you enough time and plenty of energy to live it, instead of tugging and dragging the weight of luggage of life around permanently.

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