Hey, Smit! Haven't seen you in ages. There's Fox News... and then there is [ old-coot chain email. ]/

Yes, "reaching out" is a pet peeve of mine. Good thing that your boss isn't Herman Cain. Also, "customer

Speaking of linguistics. Who comes up with this utterly ridiculous corporate jargon? Is there some kind of a corporate linguistic

[ From Russia, ‘Tourists’ Stir the Protests in Southern and Eastern Ukraine ]/

And lo... an article specifically about the [ Crimea Germans ]/ .

[ History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union ]/

I once knew someone with the last name "Vekhter". I wondered whether it was a Russified version of "Wechter".

My father's people came from the Crimea - Germans from Russia. Between emigration, starvation and deportation there are hardly any

Ethno-linguistic map of Ukraine. Crimea is majority ethnic Russian, and ethnic Russians have significant presence in eastern Ukraine. But the

[ #18 ]/ elloryallaire [ #16 ]/ Cam: Holy cow. You'd think a K9 officer

No shit. Of course, the dipshit wasn't fired, but "reprimanded", and moved to a different division. At least he can't

[ #16 ]/ Cam: Agree with elloryallaire, how can a professional officer "forget" the dog inside the police car.

[ #16 ]/ Cam: Holy cow. You'd think a K9 officer would be a little more careful.

[img] {GULP}

#15 kianb: A similar incident happened here a couple of years ago. An ' off duty ' K( officer

[ Massachusetts officers salute police dog on his final trip to the vet ]/

To clarify, she wasn't my dog, she was my neighbor's, and I was not directly involved in the process. But

Sad to hear that Franco, may she rest in peace....

She was 15 1/2. She was suffering from heart and kidney failure and metastatic mast cell cancer, plus bad knees.

I'm so sorry. How old was she? I'm dreading the day... Also sorry for being so scarce--been working around