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« Reply #60 on: July 07, 2008, 05:26:40 AM » |
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No Ben, it was onion soup and BTW, cock-a-leekie is a weird name for a soup. Anyhow, while eating the delicious cheese cake we noticed the beautiful design of the table cloth and decided to take a picture of it.
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« Reply #61 on: July 08, 2008, 01:50:19 AM » |
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Hi Learneng, I remember now there is a soup called the French onion soup. And cock-a-leekie is a Scotish soup which is prepared with chicken and leek. The best thing to go with soup is a bread with a thick spread of salted butter. Yum, Yum, my mouth is drooling.
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« Reply #62 on: July 23, 2008, 04:23:37 AM » |
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After eating so much healthy food, we decide to go for a walk on the neighborhood.
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« Reply #63 on: July 26, 2008, 05:57:21 PM » |
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But the paucity (scarcity) of flowers by the road led me to the park instead.
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« Reply #64 on: July 26, 2008, 06:49:48 PM » |
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The park is so immense in size that one can do all sort of sport activities in there, including football.
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« Reply #65 on: September 26, 2008, 07:29:03 AM » |
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One needs to be very energetic to play a game like football (soccer).
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« Reply #66 on: September 27, 2008, 03:41:31 AM » |
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The motorbike, having being left on its own for so long, is in bad need of maintenance.
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« Reply #67 on: October 08, 2008, 09:47:58 PM » |
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After watching the football game, I called the "service center" to give my motorcycle for servicing.
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« Reply #68 on: November 10, 2008, 07:57:37 PM » |
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The service centre said they had no one available since all the workers had gone to a local gala.
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« Reply #69 on: November 15, 2008, 11:42:52 PM » |
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While I was on route to another town in search of a service centre, my motorcycle broke down.
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« Reply #70 on: November 27, 2008, 01:33:10 AM » |
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I have been informed by the technician at the service center that it'll take him a week to fix my motorcycle.
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« Reply #71 on: November 27, 2008, 11:29:51 PM » |
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Without my motorcycle for a week, that would mean I needing two weeks to do a job that normally take one because of the many time-consuming detours I have to make in a car to avoid the heavily congested city area.
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« Reply #72 on: December 05, 2008, 07:31:26 AM » |
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However, when waiting in my car during rush hour one day, I find I need a diversion from all the noise. I put on the radio, and discover one of the many advantages of a car over a motorbike.
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« Reply #73 on: December 07, 2008, 06:43:15 PM » |
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bombarded by so many cheap imitations in the market, the confused consumers are tempted to forgo using original spare parts when having thier motorbikes serviced.
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« Reply #74 on: January 04, 2009, 06:32:20 PM » |
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In the modern society where disposable product is the norm, the durable characteristc of a product is no longer the prime consideration to be taken into account by consumers when making a purchase decision.
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