This made me laugh:
FedEx refuses shipment of made-up stuff, empty cans
Its a wonder any business gets done in the US now.
The war on common sense?
Moderator: Peak Moderation
The war on common sense?
Rob
XENG - University of Exeter Engineering Society
"Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it." - R. Buckminster Fuller
XENG - University of Exeter Engineering Society
"Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it." - R. Buckminster Fuller
Olduvai Theory (Updated) (Reviewed)
Easter Island - a warning from history : http://dieoff.org/page145.htm
Easter Island - a warning from history : http://dieoff.org/page145.htm
Not directly. I lived in Germany for a while and it has a similar reputation. My feeling is that rules there are complex and many, but that they are not (contrary to the stereotype) always applied as slavishly, humourlessly or unthinkingly as in the US.skeptik wrote:Hmm.... I dont know. Ever had to deal with the bureaucracy in Spain, France or Italy?Adam1 wrote:The US bureaucratic mind has no equal!
We were on a train coming back from Dresden to Berlin in October and I stupidly left our ticket in Dresden. The conductor could see that I was pretty stressed about not having my ticket. He accepted my credit card receipt and my story. I cannot imagine that happening in the US, or indeed here.