PERSPECTIVE
The International Herald Tribune carried a story about the strategies Islamic cab drivers use to pray in New York while working. The strategies are basically to find a clean place and spread their prayer rug at the appropriate place. There are also restaurants that provide prayer space (probably very similar to the Pakistani places on Orleans in the Chi).
The interesting thing to me is a personal experience. Every Monday at 1:00 we have a meeting at work. Before 9/11 I used to notice that there were usually one or two cabbies in a little grassy area by the Hyatt praying when we arrived for our meeting. Nobody seemed to notice. After 9/11, someone in the office noticed, and people gathered at the window to watch this guy pray. Even though we were probably 150 feet above him, can you imagine having people stare at you when you pray?
BLUE EYED DEVILS
EUactiv.com, which is an EU news service carried a story today about poll results indicating that the residents of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) would rather be in a Nordic Union than in the EU.
These damned Nordics can never decide what they want. In 1397 the Union of Kalmar was formed. At the time Sweden and Norwaywere united under a single monarch already, and Denmark had a separate monarch. Sweden and Denmark (and thus Norway) were united under a single monarch. However, it turned out that they couldn't stand each other and split up again in 1523. In the event, Denmark got Norway in the divorce and kept it until 1814, when Denmark was compelled to give Norway to Sweden (although the theiving Danes did keep Iceland, and the Faroe Islands, which had been Norwegian). The Norwegians got sick of the Swedes in 1905 and threw them out for their own monarch.
The point is, these Nordic types are unreliable when it comes to forming unions. The EU should've known they were trouble. Blue eyed devils.
BE SAFE
Happy and safe Memorial Day to everyone. We in the North are out of Summer practice, so be extra special careful with the grills, boats, beer, etc. Just as baseball players need Spring training to get back into game shape, so too do we need Memorial Day to get back into Summer shape.
The International Herald Tribune carried a story about the strategies Islamic cab drivers use to pray in New York while working. The strategies are basically to find a clean place and spread their prayer rug at the appropriate place. There are also restaurants that provide prayer space (probably very similar to the Pakistani places on Orleans in the Chi).
The interesting thing to me is a personal experience. Every Monday at 1:00 we have a meeting at work. Before 9/11 I used to notice that there were usually one or two cabbies in a little grassy area by the Hyatt praying when we arrived for our meeting. Nobody seemed to notice. After 9/11, someone in the office noticed, and people gathered at the window to watch this guy pray. Even though we were probably 150 feet above him, can you imagine having people stare at you when you pray?
BLUE EYED DEVILS
EUactiv.com, which is an EU news service carried a story today about poll results indicating that the residents of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) would rather be in a Nordic Union than in the EU.
These damned Nordics can never decide what they want. In 1397 the Union of Kalmar was formed. At the time Sweden and Norwaywere united under a single monarch already, and Denmark had a separate monarch. Sweden and Denmark (and thus Norway) were united under a single monarch. However, it turned out that they couldn't stand each other and split up again in 1523. In the event, Denmark got Norway in the divorce and kept it until 1814, when Denmark was compelled to give Norway to Sweden (although the theiving Danes did keep Iceland, and the Faroe Islands, which had been Norwegian). The Norwegians got sick of the Swedes in 1905 and threw them out for their own monarch.
The point is, these Nordic types are unreliable when it comes to forming unions. The EU should've known they were trouble. Blue eyed devils.
BE SAFE
Happy and safe Memorial Day to everyone. We in the North are out of Summer practice, so be extra special careful with the grills, boats, beer, etc. Just as baseball players need Spring training to get back into game shape, so too do we need Memorial Day to get back into Summer shape.
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