Allow me to retort...

If I wanna have a good time around someone with no makeup....I will hang out with my brother or a couple of my friends.

As far as I am concerned, a woman who won't bother trying to look nice for me..ain't worth wasting my time on .

Cause I want to make her proud every time I step out...I expect the same.

thanks smokey, and wow n who is that? Sorry never heard of that person.
Yeah we lost touch but he came looking n found me... So to me it is meant to be...

This thread has really opened my eyes and taught me a lot about other cultures. And in the process I even tried to understand my own culture a little better. So it's all been "good!"...I live in an area (out west) where I rarely ever hear terms of endearment out in public. It's just not the norm here at all...Men don't use affectionate terms with women unless they are "going together" or married or close friends....I've lived in this same basic area all my life and been part of this culture...I don't think one culture is better or above other cultures. We just get used to certain behavior and customs based on where we grew-up and where we spend most of our time. Don't you think?....Anyway If I do run into a man who calls me a "sweet name" (which is rare out here) I'm going to say "thank you" and remember all I've learned from the people and posts on this thread! (Thanks to everyone!)

The military is taught to always address women as Mam and men as Sir regardless of age as it is a sign of respect.

i'm alive because my parents had sex.
o.O

As a kid I knew I was in "trouble" if my parents (or other relatives) called me by my "full" name. (My first and middle name together.) How about you?

Well; overall its not in our culture to address women with honey or sweetie, so I would say no these guys would not slip back to that. We are taught to address people by their names or titles and not in a familiar way. I don't know many Canadians that would call a complete stranger honey or sweetie and for sure they would not address their boss that way. I do agree it can be interesting when different cultures meet up and try to relate.

laugh:
Selling goods that are consumed by people and are prone to rotting are regulated. Only those establishments that have the readiness to keep things fresh and unrotted can get a permit to sell chicken, lobster, etc.

-- I agree with this law. Much more food poisoning cases would come up to the courts. Huge lawsuits could be generated. If people died of poisoned (even if unintentionally poisoned) food, all hell would break loose. Givign the nice name "entrepeneur" to the seller of perishable food items is not a cause for vindication house-to-house selling.

-- in case of the kids selling lemonade: A cop is required by law and his oath to investigate and report crime, (and to use his discretion in prioritizing his activities.) Selling perishables while not licenced, is a crime. It would be ardorous to make all the exceptions that could be made. There is the issue in law, how detailed the law wants to discriminate the incriminables from the non-incriminables. It all boils down to saving money in drawing up laws that are easier to use than harder.

-- most cops will overlook a couple of kids selling lemonaide, but if their day is slow, they will bust the kids. They have to prioritize, and if there is no crime at that time more important to solve or make an arrest, then the pigs will go after the kids, they are mandated to do so -- both the kids and the cops.

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"One guy was thrown out of his own property even after he won the lawsuit against the government."

Okay, not enough information given. He won a lawsuit against the government (there are at least three levels of gov - which you mean?) (and you don't say if he was thrown out for the same reason that generated a suit -- if it was the same reason, what was the suit for? Without that I can neither agree with your consternation nor disagree. I am not going to watch the video.)

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The tree in the yard -- could it have been of the type that houses the asian horned beetle, or the like? Or could it have been planted over a water line or sewage line? Was the tree too close to his house, or to the neighbour's house? or was this an area of severe water shortages, and tree presented a fire hazard, or a danger to wildlife and flora, because it would suck up too much environmental water?

Without details, again, you are not making it clear what we must decide.

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What I see is that the show was aimed at viewers who have little critical ability, who have only a rudimentary sense of reality, and who are not familiar with the extent and breadth of the complexity of today's living in society, and which complex system must be regulated, in order for all of us to get along nicely.

It's very true what Josie says..

The Aussies like to take a name and jazza it up a bit so that if you go by the name of Darren, you'll soon know you're in the presence of Aussieism when you hear Dazza...or if your name is Barry..it becomes Bazza. Sharon becomes Shazza, Warren becomes Wazza, and so on and so forth. IF, though you happen to be a redhead...then it's just Bluey. Where that came from i have no idea, but ya just go with it.

The term "mate" is used as frequently as one blinks...even when they're pissed off with you. Ha!..you know it's not going to end well when an Aussie says Maaaate. :-)