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re: What's been keeping you busy?

Krupo — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:13:32 GMT

Thanks fleur, sounds awesome for Nebraska too - congrats!

re: What's been keeping you busy?

fleur_de_lis — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:55:12 GMT

Sincere congratulations to our neighbors to the north. Canada won a slew of medals! I am an avid fan of the Olympics no matter where or in what season, too. Especially this year, as the son of one of my acquaintances won the gold in bobsled! Her small town of 630 just a few short miles from me was rocking! Our whole state(Nebraska)celebrated that one.

(closet Sean White aka the Flying Tomato fan)

re: New guide: how to successfully wait in line at a Polish deli

fleur_de_lis — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:57:38 GMT

Proszę o 6 moreli kolaches. Mmmm...one of my favorites.

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re: Is Stolen Property taxable income? It is in the US! Amazing US tax law "Fail"/"Win"

Krupo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:33:24 GMT

Thanks. I like to liken my absence to less being "gone" and more "having been in cryo-stasis" but that's just semantics too.

re: Is Stolen Property taxable income? It is in the US! Amazing US tax law "Fail"/"Win"

jaycee05 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:12:41 GMT

That's hilarious! You're on a roll Krupo. Love that you're back!

re: Can you get your 51 CA credits in a year and a half?

Krupo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:44:50 GMT

Thanks for the details - if I were currently enrolled I'd find the shake-up that pushed MGT120 into second year rather annoying.

Canadian Economic History - but I suspect anything taught by Professor Rotstein would be just as good. In the hands of the right professor, any course can be amazing.

Speaking of Laurier again, I've been informed that they have a well-configured summer + two winter terms array of courses which lets you accomplish the same thing in a short span of time.

I would've gone on and on about how much easier Commerce is than Engineering, but figured that any Engineering student knows it, and any Commie paying attention realizes that the courseload isn't all that bad.

re: Can you get your 51 CA credits in a year and a half?

sardaukar — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:18:07 GMT

One more little detail that I forgot to mention: I also took Intro Accounting (MGT120) in my final semester of engineering. While for one to take MGT courses one must first be accepted into Commerce, MGT120 was the only course that *any* student from *any* discipline could enrol in.

So when I was officially admitted as a Commerce student, I was already eligible to take the more advanced accounting courses (MGT220, MGT223, MGT224, MGT393 — Financial Accounting, Intermediate Financial Accounting I, Management ["Cost"] Accounting and the Legal Environment of Business). The current course codes, of course, are different since UT Commerce is now under “Rotman.”

By the way, I presume you also went to U of T. What is the name of that Economics History course that you found to be such an eye-opener?

re: Chinese sales tactics: questionably awesome

Krupo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:14:29 GMT

I did contemplate that very idea - CAs think alike - and could've turned this into quite the interesting economics experiment. I'll have to share my "baseline haggling" findings later, though - there's always new tricks to learn. Or old tricks to rediscover.

In this case it'd be a bit tricky to decide on whether or not the clothes will fit unless you have a Chinese body-double to help you with that.

Even had I left and a confederate returned to haggle over the same model, I could see the store's staff suspiciously asking if they know me. I suspect their doubt level wold be high unless we had time to send someone to return much later in the day.

Regardless, the phrase, "do you have it in Gweilo size?" became a bit of a running gag. And a huge time saver in stores with limited selections for tall types.

re: Chinese sales tactics: questionably awesome

jaycee05 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:12:11 GMT

"You could be a model,"

HAHAHAHA. Too funny. I'm not surprised though. This is a very common sales tactic used in most parts of Asia. And I've always wondered if the "foreigners" fall for it.

You could have done better with the bargaining though. As long as they see your skin color, the price would jump two-folds...you should have gotten a local (a haggling pro) to do the bargaining minus your presence. That way, you'll get the local price for sure.

re: Crispy Whitebait with peanuts

Krupo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:42:45 GMT

I must admit I tried stranger things than those snacks. I think "sales tactics" should be one of the next topics.

re: Stupid angry letters from ignorant people are an excellent source of vitamins

Krupo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:41:15 GMT

My apologies for the delay, but there's a backlog of ideas which means the stories will keep coming in due course!

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re: Crispy Whitebait with peanuts

fleur_de_lis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:09:29 GMT

Ummm...a sick part of me wants to try that odd snack. Tell us some more about your vacation!

re: Stupid angry letters from ignorant people are an excellent source of vitamins

fleur_de_lis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:06:11 GMT

Ah, geekrants, it's been too long, Krupo!