George Takei nails it again.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

[Cha]

1. Mahalo LFR.. Thank you, George!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

3. Hola Cha!

Hope you had a great 4th. of July.

[Cha]

7. Hola, Como Estas, LadyFreedomReturns? :) Feliz Quartro de Julio

a ti, tambien! Hope that's right.. it's been awhile since I spoke Espanol to mis amigos in San Diego.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

10. ¡Era grande!

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I have been practicing. Just having some ability to speak Spanish helps a lot! See, there are some great shops down in South Tucson, where they speak a lot of Spanish, it makes shopping there easier. And yes, there are places down there that ARE so worth learning a language for!

[Cha]

13. I envy you in Tuscon a little.. all that great comida de Mexicana and the people to

communicate with en Espanol. that was my strong incentive to learn it back in the 80s in San Diego.

I saw this movie last night, "Pulling Strings".. on Netflix streaming.. reminded me of back in the day.. It's in Espanol and English.. I activated the "subtitles" for the Spanish part.. and I Enjoyed it!

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70292933?sod=search-autocomplete

[Lady Freedom Returns]

16. Sound like one I need to check out!

Gracias!

[Cha]

17. Por nada, senorita~

[TexasTowelie]

4. I posted this thread yesterday:

Diana Hobby, former Lt. Governor's wife, dies
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107819371

When I worked for the Department of Insurance I was located at the Hobby State Office Building. Each time I went through the front doors I entered into the Hobby Lobby. It's a strange twist of fate that I have to regret it now.

[Cha]

8. Hey Aloha, TexasT.. thank you for the link.. This is all news to

me! you had a job.. and I imagine it was a good one. HobbyLobby is their problem.

[TexasTowelie]

9. Yes, I worked for the Texas Department of Insurance from 1987 to 2000.

I was the lead statistician on the tort reform project. I identified information to the actuaries that saved insurance consumers about $500M in premiums. It was one of those oddities where the lowest man on the totem poll had the best grasp of available information that resulted in the largest impact on rate savings. I even helped one of my fellow alums from college save a few hundred dollars when his wife was involved in an auto accident. I haven't been back to the Hobby Lobby in that office building since I left the agency.

When I entered the private sector I had a similar impact making a suggestion regarding language in a reinsurance contract that resulted in tens of millions for that company.

For someone with a degree in math I always thought outside the box. Unfortunately, what I received in salary didn't reflect my contributions to the economy when I worked for the state or to the profit/loss statement when I worked in private industry.

[Cha]

11. Sounds complicated.. good on your brain! Too bad you didn't get to

profit share!

[sheshe2]

2. DU Rec!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

6. Evening/Morning sheshe2!

[TexasTowelie]

5. K&R

[DesertDiamond]

12. George Takei is ALWAYS awesome!

[DesertDiamond]

14. I'm a FB fan of him but I can't find it on his wall...??

[DrBulldog]

18. And I had thought ...

... a one-watt bulb was really dim ...

[Lady Freedom Returns]

19. Welcome to DU!

[Cha]

20. He's gone, LFR! Yay.. I just alerted on him in another thread and that was FAST.. must

not be the only one who alerted.

[Hekate]

21. George Takei is the best

btw, I wonder what Name Removed had to say? Must have been choice to have been shown the door so fast!

[longship]

23. Hard working MIRT on the job.

They don't last long. One great innovation -- keeping DU neat and clean.

Phwee! MIRT! Clean up on aisle five!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

25. This one got 4 post, I think.

He was out quick.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

24. Just a bunch of conservative talking points.

Trying to get us to see how wrong we are.

[longship]

22. George Takei is always worth an R&K

Thank you Lady Freedom.

[freshwest]

26. Takei rocks, as always.