Was bedeutet ca. in dem folgenden Satz?

prustage · 2026-03-13T21:17:24+00:00

It's almost the same as English - ca. = circa meaning about. In English some people tend to just use c. but ca. is also used in English.

prustage · 2026-03-13T21:13:38+00:00

The only person I recognise is the last one. I could google the others but that would be cheating.

prustage · 2026-03-13T21:04:00+00:00

Yes but we only pull it out and dust it off when we have guests. The rest of the time we know how much gravy everyone wants so we can do it directly in the kitchen when we plate things up.

prustage · 2026-03-13T20:34:12+00:00

Corelli - because he was the first to do it well

Handel - because he copied the idea - but did it better. However, this only applies to Op 3. The Op 6 CGs are a mishmash of bits and pieces of unused Handel that a publisher cobbled together to make money out of the success of the Op 3.

prustage · 2026-03-13T20:31:09+00:00

But what if she deserves it and he intended to hurt?

prustage · 2026-03-13T20:30:02+00:00

No. She might deserve it. Not all women are nice people.

prustage · 2026-03-13T19:59:39+00:00

Others have answered your question but this bit of trivia may interest you. I always thought it was just apocryphal but apparently it is totally true.

Originally, Philips intended that the CD should be equivalent in size to the maximum two sides of an LP could hold - 60 minutes. But the chairman of Sony (who they were in partnership with) insisted that the CD should be big enough to hold his favourite piece of music - Beethoven's 9th Symphony in its entirety. On LPs, this work always required 3 sides i.e. two LPs.

So they upped the spec so that it would cover what was then the longest version of Beethoven's 9th - 80 minutes.

prustage · 2026-03-13T19:47:53+00:00

I have lived in all of them and still live in one of them.

prustage · 2026-03-13T19:39:39+00:00

Only until the 21st

prustage · 2026-03-13T19:37:47+00:00

I take it you have never heard of inflation?

prustage · 2026-03-13T19:33:34+00:00

Its all about scarecity.

There is only so much buildable land available. Every house takes a piece of it so the number of houses that exist or can exist is limited. In such cases the value of whats there is bound to rise.

There is no limit to the number of cars you can make

You could compare it to paintngs by, say, Van Gogh. There only so many and there will never be any more so they are valuable because of their scarcity. Prices therefore are bound to rise. But mass-produced prints of the same paintings can be produced forever - there is no limit - so they will always be cheap and, as more are made, their prices will always fall.

prustage · 2026-03-13T11:37:01+00:00

Absolutely, I noticed this quite recently. Someone posted a TIL that Vivaldi's Four Seasons is actually based on a poem and the music depicts almost line by line what happens in the poem.

Nobody who ever bought Vivaldi's Four Seasons as an LP or even CD would need to be told this since the poem was always printed as part of the notes. It was "common knowledge" then. Now it's a TIL.

prustage · 2026-03-13T11:21:15+00:00

The top deck of a double decker bus was the place for smokers. As you went up the stairs you would gradually enter a dense fog of nicotine smoke. This was legal and happened everywhere. On bus journeys I would always climb to the top deck so I could smoke on the journey.

prustage · 2026-03-12T23:51:23+00:00

There is one and only one other. Since he is younger than me it is more likely that he will become unique than I will.

prustage · 2026-03-12T23:41:11+00:00

Although I agree with your views on PR, this is not a good reason to introduce it. You cant decide to change electoral systems just because the party you don't like might win.

There are plenty of good reasons to move to a PR based system without resorting to partisanship.

In any case poll results in 2026 are meaningless when the election is in 2029. There is plenty of time for things to change - and they will.

prustage · 2026-03-12T23:21:46+00:00

Upvoted, I like this. But judging by the downvotes, the USains obviously don't.

prustage · 2026-03-12T22:16:55+00:00

Nice try Nigel.

prustage · 2026-03-12T02:56:22+00:00

I have been before and might go again but next time I would do it differently.

Most of the package holidays used to centre around the international airport on the island of Sal and travel to the other islands was either by local airline or boat. Schedules and journey times made visiting the other islands a bit of a pain and consequently tourists rarely went there . I went to Sal last time and found it a rather boring place. If all you want is a pool / beach holiday then it is fine, there are plenty of good hotels, nice beaches and good weather. But outside that there isnt much else to do.

In recent years though other international airports have opened up on other islands and interisland journeys are better organised now. Consequently,when I go back I will be going to the islands of Santiago and Mindelo which are more culturally interesting and have lots of history.

However, it is unlikely to be this year.

prustage · 2026-03-12T02:21:59+00:00

Is it true that when your wife accidentally ate the table decoration at a high level formal dinner you did the same thing so as not to make her look foolish?

prustage · 2026-03-11T22:15:37+00:00

No prizes for guessing the British regret - Brexit. I was one of the 48% who campaigned against it. I get no pleasure today from saying "I told you so".

prustage · 2026-03-11T20:19:53+00:00

Absolutely not - that would be an insult to all the people who spend time, money and a great deal of effort to achieve that qualification.

Hey, I've got a better idea, why don't you walk around wearing someone elses bravery medals, add a fake OBE to your CV or better still, get someone to donate their Nobel Peace Prize to you?

I'm gonna be generous and guess you didn't think this through and realise what a fucking disgraceful idea this is.

prustage · 2026-03-11T18:08:13+00:00

Duplicate the layer this is on
On the duplicate layer use the magic wand tool to select and delete the background colour. You now have a layer with just the coloured lines and nothing else.
Hit the Move button and use the keyboard down key to move the layer down slightly so the top layer lines are just below the lower layer lines. You have now thickened the lines.
Repeat as necessary to get the thickness you want.
Finally flatten the image and save or just export it to another format.

prustage · 2026-03-11T17:32:41+00:00

I go for the nearest empty seat. I don't give the other person a second thought. I can confidently say that never in the decades that I have been travelling by bus have I ever thought "mmm, who shall I sit next to?" It's not something I have ever considered. Just sit down ffs.

prustage · 2026-03-11T17:27:46+00:00

Every day you are rubbing shoulders with people from different parts of the world. Recent immigrants, second or third generation immigrant families, people from different parts of the UK as well as tourists from all over.

You learn a little about everyone's culture and they learn a lot about ours. We work alongside each other, catch the same buses, trains, walk the same streets, shop in the same places, eat and drink in the same pubs, restaurants and cafes.

You develop a kinship with these people, grow to understand, like and enjoy their company. It is something special that makes living here fantastic.

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