You’ve heard it before (excuse the pun)… “you hear but don’t listen…” but is that not the same thing? The two words are almost interchangeable so whats the difference? The english language being what it is, is a complex beast and yes the two words can be quite similar in meaning yet also quite distinct.
Archive for April, 2009
Architects + Engineers + Contractors
Monday, April 6th, 2009An architect is said to be a man who knows very little about a great deal and keeps knowing less and less about more and more until he knows practically nothing about everything, whereas an engineer is a man who knows a great deal about very little and who goes along knowing more and more about less and less until finally he knows practically everything about nothing. A contractor starts out knowing practically everything about everything, but ends up by knowing nothing about anything, due to his association with architects and engineers.
at last QLD gets Daylight Saving!
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
After the very successful running of the second Earth Hour last week, the QLD government has hit on a novel way of appeasing all parties in the debate over Daylight Saving in the state.