All categories - 11 September 2007

Hi,
I am a new graduate student in USA, and often people ask me casually and quickly, "How am I doing"? like Profs, salespersons at supermarket, peers etc etc. After saying, "I am fine" etc, Should I ask them back on how are *they* doing..?? I mean is it rude to just tell about yourself, and not ask them back, but I find it very mechanical and some kind of ritual to ask them back, and sometimes out of place, if they seemed to throw a quick "how are you doing" at me..

Pl give some insights, or should the reaction be diff depending on pple on opposite..like diff for Profs, and diff for peers..??

Thanks

2007-09-11 07:06:48 · 11 answers · asked by learner 1 in Etiquette

2007-09-11 07:06:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

An interesting thought..Its often said Jesus was a pacifist but was He really?

2007-09-11 07:06:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 07:06:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Food & Drink

2007-09-11 07:06:14 · 4 answers · asked by coloneldax2003 1 in History

...to prevent a good day from turning bad

ie. locking your house and car doors, checking the gas guage in your car...

2007-09-11 07:05:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

What does this mean?

2007-09-11 07:05:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 07:05:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in FIFA World Cup (TM)

2007-09-11 07:05:18 · 18 answers · asked by liverpoollass 2 in Government

The way he summarized the LIE and the cost of the LIE to the American people and the world shows great command of the issue of the day?

Vote Obama

2007-09-11 07:05:05 · 11 answers · asked by Dream Realized 2 in Politics

2007-09-11 07:04:57 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

I guess for me it was "Lake News" by Barbara Delinsky so far.

2007-09-11 07:04:52 · 14 answers · asked by Me 3 in Books & Authors

i have 2 cats there like 6 years old there fat how do i make them skinny,

2007-09-11 07:04:20 · 10 answers · asked by ipodlover123 1 in Cats

2007-09-11 07:04:12 · 5 answers · asked by Love #me#, Hate #me# 6 in Vegetarian & Vegan

my neighbor is my aunt and she has a pine tree thats on my property can i cut it down legally or can i do anything about it

2007-09-11 07:04:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-09-11 07:03:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-09-11 07:03:55 · 8 answers · asked by WILLIAM B 1 in Diabetes

Im a student persuing my way to get a bs degree in computer tech and my course track is multimedia. Where can i find job titles and descriptions in the computer tech field? im trying to figure out what to do with myself after school. Its like all the computer jobs are looking for mostly programmers and other stuff. Im good with Video editing and with practice i can be great, same goes for photoshop. I know how to maintain a computer, how to fix them, install new software and hardware. Im very computer literate. I just cant find the job that right for me. So if anyone can help pls do?

2007-09-11 07:03:52 · 2 answers · asked by Samuel A 1 in Other - Computers

I'm 24 now, but last yr., I was living back with my former foster family after Hurricane Katrina so I can finish up my college degree, since my home was destroyed. My former foster sister & her husband DEMANDED that I let her use my car, & 1 day, they didn't come & tell me, but snuck behind my back & told my former foster mom that I don't change my oil in my car, & my former foster mom went off on me & told me I shouldn't ever have kids since I didn't know how to take care of my car. My car was sort of new, but no one told me that I had to change the oil every 3,000 miles. What did changing the oil in my car have to do with raising kids? & from that day forward, they kept harrassing & threatening me about changing my oil, when they KNEW I received a fixed income. Did they have a right to do this? & why did they need MY car when their truck was running fine? & when I asked to use their truck, they said, "Why?"

2007-09-11 07:03:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family

here's my problem. last night i was sleeping and had only been asleep for a short while when i started haveing a really bad nightmare. and i tried to wake up, and i did but only in my dream. (like a dream inside of a dream) and when i tried to wake up from my second dream i felt like i couldnt move and i couldnt breathe. i had this lady in the background screaming at me, and i was asking my husband to help me wake up and then i just couldnt move. it freaked me out so bad i finally woke up crying. what the hell happened??? it was insane! i hope it never happens again.

2007-09-11 07:03:31 · 10 answers · asked by muffinfacekilla 1 in Dream Interpretation

To all you LSC corndogs you play in a cupcake conference. USC could cream any one of your pathertic teams in their home fields.

We will stomp Nebraska by 100 points, and slaughter UCLA and win another championship (even if we have to whine and complain like in 2003)

Fight On!!!! Fight On!!! Fight On to Westwood!!!

2007-09-11 07:03:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Football (American)

Is there such a word as cognance. I have looked in dictionaries but can't find it.
The context would be - to take cognance of the facts.

2007-09-11 07:03:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

They bark-pause-bark. He chatters from the tree trunk and the whole process begins anew.

PS. The squirrel proof bird feeder is in the Oak tree above, where the dogs are located and it's loaded with 2 kinds of Sunflower seeds!

2007-09-11 07:03:06 · 5 answers · asked by kriend 7 in Polls & Surveys

Both my parents are Anglians but don't go to church. My sister and her family are regular church goers and are active in the social side of it. She belongs to a Baptist church. I am agnostic and see organised religion as a repressive form of control. My husband is interested in Buddhism but was brought up in the Anglian church. [He was an alter boy].

My parents wanted me to make up my own mind about religion and I was never christened. When I was eleven my mother asked me to go a few times to church to see if I was interested but she left the decision whether to carry on going up to me. I didn't but my sister did and eventually got confirmed.

What is your religious/ideological background?

2007-09-11 07:02:59 · 17 answers · asked by talkland72 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 07:02:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

I know being prejudice has something to do with people's attitudes...

2007-09-11 07:02:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

2007-09-11 07:02:48 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Celebrities

okay so i had limewire...too slow....then i had bearshare but my trial expired and you cant download the whole thing. So i need a fast and long lasting music program...can anyone help?

2007-09-11 07:02:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

2007-09-11 07:02:01 · 25 answers · asked by hello world 7 in Polls & Surveys

anyone else think religion is ridiculous?
all of them are the same story with different names for things...we're one planet out of billions so clearly theres other life out there that DONT have religions like us. This "god" everyone refers to is just an idea they have to keep themselves from falling apart. The "god" we all have is ourself's. The planet. We're all connected. Scientists say theres 22 genes in the human DNA- all extraterrestrial. Look at the pyramids...that right there should abolish any idea from your head that one day a half naked man will come down from the sky and save you from the earth's destruction and you'll all walk through pearly gates. Im not saying there isn't an afterlife- Im just saying its most likely nothing what we believe it is. Theres no heaven and hell- its just another realm that we could never imagine. The mind and body are two seperate things. Without the mind the body cannot live - even in christianity thats said. Inner spirituality & meditation.

2007-09-11 07:01:56 · 4 answers · asked by Mr. X 1 in Religion & Spirituality