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Post by Sinbad on May 31, 2009 8:32:06 GMT -5
They book it directly off my bank account. Amzon has my account number, so they are authorised to get the money I owe them whenever I purchase something.
Credit cards are not that common here. Business people have one, but usually people don´t have credit cards here. I can pay with my bank account cards though e.g. when I buy groceries or stuff in shops. I just know 1 or 2 people that actually havea credit card.
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Post by firouz on May 31, 2009 8:45:09 GMT -5
@sinbad: That is not how it is here. Everyone I know has a credit card. *smirks* No wonder why the U.S. savings rate is usually negative or less than 1%. Those stupid Americans who just bought like crazy on credit even though they did not have enough money in the bank caused this credit crisis.  |
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Post by Sinbad on May 31, 2009 8:55:54 GMT -5
Yeah,I heard nearly everyone in the States has a credit card. When I went on holidays last year a credit card institute had a stall at the airport and the clerk there made me and my best friend an offer for young people, no extra fees for a year and stuff. I filled in the application and a few weeks later got a letter that my request for a credit card was denied. Apparently, trainees do not earn enough money. *shrugs*
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Post by Dermott on May 31, 2009 10:53:22 GMT -5
Here goes   I got lost. Who is she/he/it??  And for Oris' movies....wow, actually I like a lot his voice. I think he is very talented  |
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Post by Sinbad on May 31, 2009 11:03:52 GMT -5
Derm: She´s a charcter from a really awful vampire flick that was on TV a week or so ago and that Doubar and I only watched because Zen was in it. *throws in some more illustration*  |
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Post by Dermott on May 31, 2009 11:07:09 GMT -5
ahahahahhaha thank you. The panel is hilarious. Now I understand.
I thought she was a guest star in some AOS episode, and I couldn't figure out who.
Zen is abosolutely unrecognizable ;D ;D
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Post by Sinbad on May 31, 2009 11:12:33 GMT -5
Totally. ;D This movie was so awful, I felt like I had to do something we have a pretty great word for in German, called "Fremdschämen". It means as much as "to feel emarassed in someone elses stead" ;D |
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Post by firouz on May 31, 2009 11:38:55 GMT -5
Ashamed?
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Post by Sinbad on May 31, 2009 11:41:08 GMT -5
Not quite. Feeling ashamed is usually about yourself. "Fremdschämen" is feelng ashamed for someone else even though you are not involved. As in you feel embarassed for something you needn´t be embarassed for because it´s not about you.
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Post by Doubar on May 31, 2009 13:14:49 GMT -5
@sinbad: Aye! Totally agree with you. Those are movies you feel so emberassed for although you didn't take part. ;D
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Post by Talya on May 31, 2009 13:26:43 GMT -5
*snickers*
*shakes her head mocking* Zen would be hurt to know that!
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Post by Doubar on May 31, 2009 13:36:24 GMT -5
Uh, I'm sure he feels about that movie the same way. *snortgiggles*
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Post by firouz on May 31, 2009 16:27:49 GMT -5
@sinbad: Disappointed? As in like you are disappointed about someone.
You can also say you are ashamed of another.
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Post by Sinbad on May 31, 2009 16:34:43 GMT -5
No, no. It´s difficult to describe. Imagine the following situation: Something stupid happens and you feel embarassed because it´s so embarassing and stupid. "Fremdschämen" is when you for example watch someone on TV do something completely embarassing or stupid and that causes you to feel embarassed in that person´s stead. You don´t have a reason to feel embarassed because you didn´t do anything embarassing, but someone else did. But still you feel embarassed, which means what you do is "Fremdschämen". There is no translation for it, if you go word by word it would be somthing like "Alien-embarassment" as in "being embarassed for something someone else does"
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Post by firouz on May 31, 2009 17:16:50 GMT -5
That is ashamed or disappointed. Like Lebron James was disappointed that his team could not give him the ball or play harder. Or my mother was ashamed of me, because I played hide-and-seek in the mall when I was 2 years old.
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